City Lights New Directions and Grey Fox Press
Explore a curated list of books from City Lights, New Directions, and Grey Fox Press. Discover literary gems, poetry, and avant-garde works from these iconic independent publishers.
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In the American Grain
by William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams's examination of American history in a series of reflective essays.
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Book of Dreams
by Jack Kerouac
"In the Book of Dreams I just continue the same story but in the dreams I had of the real-life characters I always write about." …
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The First Third
by Neal Cassady
Autobiographical writing by the "hero" of Jack Kerouac's On the road.
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An Accidental Autobiography
by Gregory Corso
He left (or was left by) a number of girlfriends and he fathered five children along the way. He was apt to raise a bit …
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San Francisco Beat
by David Meltzer
"In these intimate, free-wheeling conversations, a baker's dozen of the poets of San Francisco talk about the scene then and now, the traditions of poetry, …
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The essential Neruda
by Pablo Neruda
Recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature and the International Peace Prize "The call for a more accessible collection of Neruda's important poems is answered …
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Imaginations
by William Carlos Williams
Written between 1920 and 1932, all five were first published in small editions, three of them in France. These are pivotal and seminal works, books …
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Une saison en enfer & Le bateau ivre
by Arthur Rimbaud
The classic influential poems by Rimbaud, in a bilingual en face edition featuring acclaimed translations by Louise Varése.
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Illuminations, and Other Prose Poems
by Arthur Rimbaud
Rimbaud, born in 1854, started to write at an early age. By 17 he had written his most famous poem, 'The Drunken Boat'. He then …
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Selected Writings of Guillaume Apollinaire
by Guillaume Apollinaire
A bilingual, illustrated edition of The Selected Writings of Apollinaire, the only representative collection in English translation, with a comprehensive critical Introduction by the translator, …
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The Unknown Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe
"An anthology of fugitive writings by Edgar Allan Poe, with appreciations by Charles Baudelaire, Stephane Mallarme, Paul Valery, J.K. Huysmans.