facebook twitter instagram & tumblr looking for a specific book author or category search here . the wonderful world of manic d press books ... welcome to the online manic d store serving all of your eclectic reading & printed matter needs ... with print & ebooks available free shipping with every us order cheap shipping everywhere else visa mastercard american express discover e checks accepted via secure server . new justin chin selected works edited by jennifer joseph 160 pages isbn 978 1 933149 97 4 15.95 5.5 x 8.5 paperback poetry fiction memoir anthology chin s poetry reads like a very raw and real map of the queer asian american experience ... buzzfeed chin was prolific funny outrageous ... he was somber he was serious he was lighthearted he was vital . lambda literary poet and writer of fiction memoir nonfiction and performance art texts justin chin s fearless and fierce voice was resolute in relating his worldview whether directly or through metaphorical language . as a queer asian american born and raised in southeast asia within a devoutly christian ethnically chinese family of medical professionals chin s early life experience informed his writing and framed his point of view . in his literary works the seemingly conflicted duality of existence is paramount sacred and profane saints and sinners health and illness hope and despair life and death . his works also explore his experience of living with hiv which progressed into aids in his final years . with commentaries by r. zamora linmark timothy liu rabih alameddine michelle tea beth lisick daniel handler and other notables . with essays from noted literary figures and close friends this unique collection of chin s literary legacy curated from his 7 published books will serve as both a primer for those new to his works as well as a loving tribute by those who knew him and his work best . chin passed away at the end of 2015 at the age of 46 . editor jennifer joseph has been editor and publisher of manic d press books since its founding in 1984 . she worked closely with justin chin for the past two decades publishing four of his seven books . new mdc memoir from a damaged civilization stories of punk fear and redemption by dave dictor 192 pages isbn 978 1 933149 98 1 15.95 5.5 x 8.5 paperback black white photographs & flyers memoir ... a must read . jello biafra 1982 s millions of dead cops album represented a milestone in radical politics and music . steven blush american hardcore mdc always has been in the vanguard of the struggle for social justice in the punk movement . dictor s narrative is a raw portrait of an american underground folk hero who stood on the barricades advocating social justice and spreading punk s promise to a global audience . part poet renegade satirist and lover he is an authentic homegrown character carrying the progressive punk fight into the twenty first century . dave dictor is singer lyricist and founding member of legendary american punk band mdc millions of dead cops . since 1979 dictor has toured throughout the world with mdc releasing more than nine albums with mdc that have sold more then 125 000 copies . mdc continues to tour playing over 60 concerts each year . dictor s mdc song john wayne was a nazi was featured in the best selling video game grand theft auto 5 . he appeared in the film american hardcore and resides in portland oregon . new the roots of a thousand embraces dialogues by juan felipe herrera 64 pages isbn 978 1 933149 96 7 13.95 5.5 x 8.5 paperback poetry juan felipe herrera s writing fuses wide ranging experimentalism with reflections on mexican american identity ... the new york times in 40 prose poem cantos the poet explores the metaphysical relationship between mexican artist frida kahlo her art her broken body her relationship with diego rivera and cross border consciousness . it s about kahlo and kahlo as metaphor . first published by manic d in 1994 this early work herrera s sixth book reveals a deep sense of longing for all to be made whole again in spite of the fractures physical metaphorical cultural and political bestowed by the world . poet juan felipe herrera was initiated into the word by the fire speakers of the early chicano movimiento and by heavy exposure to various poetry jazz and blues performance streams . he is the first latino us poet laureate and lives in california . this is his sixth book out of the dozens he has published so far . 43 monsters words by arthur bradford & drawings by chuck webster 88 pages isbn 978 1 933149 92 9 18.95 9 x 6 full color hardcover art children s enter the colorful world of 43 monsters where each monster has special hopes quirky dreams and deep feelings of its own . monster brokeosurus introduces curious readers to each monster as we are guided through the imaginary realm of the fictitious monster creator charlie wedster . an inspiration for young artists and entertaining for all let your imagination run wild as these lovable monsters steal your heart arthur bradford is an o. henry award winning writer and emmy nominated filmmaker . his first book dogwalker was published by knopf and vintage paperback . his most recent book turtleface and beyond has been published by farrar straus and giroux . he lives in portland oregon . chuck webster is an artist known for his abstract paintings and drawings . his work is in the permanent collections of the whitney museum of american art and the metropolitan museum of art . his childhood drawings provide the artwork in 43 monsters . he lives in brooklyn new york . women street artists of latin america art without fear by rachel cassandra & lauren gucik 196 pages isbn 978 1 933149 91 2 24.99 8 x 8 full color paperback art women s studies latina studies in this groundbreaking in depth look at a rarely explored perspective of street art more than twenty female artists from seven nations in latin america discuss themes of social justice artist process community visibility feminism and more . a bilingual edition packed with full color photographs and interviews this revealing exploration of contemporary street art includes work from colombia peru panama el salvador nicaragua guatemala and mexico . viva rachel cassandra is a designer and writer . originally from princeton new jersey she received a ba from wesleyan university . her artwork has appeared in 7x7 and her writing has appeared in the doxa night train fusion and adbusters . she lives in san francisco . lauren gucik is an artist and activist . originally from hudson ohio she graduated from indiana university . gucik has worked with the sf mime troupe brava theatre and precita eyes mural project . she is currently a community advisor at kqed and working with a food justice nonprofit in san francisco . living quarters poems by adrienne su 96 pages isbn 978 1 933149 89 2 14.95 5.5 x 8.5 paperback poetry thought provoking poems reflect an intimate internal dialogue addressing among other ideas is it really safer at home or are there perils within our closest relationships in daily domestic ritual and where is home when people are constantly moving marriages dissolving new relationships beginning and ending when is a house just a house and when does it become a home living quarters uses both the structure of a domestic space and the rhythms of the seasons to seek but not reliably find order and consolation in life s seeming disorder . su deftly uses poetic forms to convey meaning in multi layered works of rare design . born and raised in atlanta adrienne su earned her ab at harvard and mfa at university of virginia . she was the first ralph samuel poetry fellow at dartmouth and later held residencies at yaddo and macdowell . she has since received an nea fellowship a pushcart prize and her work has twice appeared in best american poetry among other notable publications . she was a member of the highly acclaimed nuyorican poetry slam team in the early 90s . su currently teaches at dickinson college where she is poet in residence . this is her fourth book . also by adrienne su having none of it by adrienne su 96 pages isbn 978 1 933149 27 1 13.95 5 1 2x8 1 2 paperback poetry asian american studies womens studies su s approach is risky in its sheer honesty and fierce by way of simplicity . cate marvin ploughshares in her third collection award winning poet adrienne su reflects deeply about the circumstances in which people are forced to remake themselves as parents as immigrants as people whose marriages have ended as people who ve wound up in a place they never intended to settle . sanctuary by adrienne su 64 pages isbn 1 933149 06 x 13.95 paperback poetry women s studies asian studies as a citizen of our moment her sense of what it means to be asian american isn t in the least predictable . mark doty in carefully crafted lines that are often humorous asian driver the sestina su explores the risks that an individual encounters as a member of any community a neighborhood a family a racial group a gender a parent . while many of these poems are about being a mother with children sanctuary is also about being the child of chinese immigrants for whom ambition is a lower priority than survival escape from the old country . painting their portraits in winter short stories by myriam gurba 160 pages isbn 978 1 933149 90 5 15.95 5.5 x 8.5 paperback fiction in this artfully crafted collection of new short stories by award winning author myriam gurba nothing is as it seems . a mexican grandmother tells creepy yet fascinating ghost stories to her granddaughters as a way to prevent fidgeting how some abuelitas keep their chicana granddaughters still so that they can paint their portraits in winter . a polish grandfather spends the night in a mexican graveyard after a d a de muertos celebration to discover if ghosts really do consume the food that has been left for them even this title is a ghost . unforgettable characters inhabit these cross border tales filled with introspection and longing as modern sensibilities weave and wend through traditional folktales creating a new kind of magical realism that offers insights into where we come from and where we may be going . a native californian myriam gurba earned a ba with honors from uc berkeley . her first book dahlia season won the publishing triangle s edmund white award for debut fiction and was a lambda literary award finalist . she blogs often for the rumpus and radar productions . also by myriam gurba winner edmund white award for debut fiction dahlia season stories and a novella by myriam gurba 190 pages isbn 978 1 933149 16 5 14.95 6x9 paperback fiction lgbt ... a fantastic book filled with stories of sexy badass girls we rarely get to see in literature . ali liebegott chicana . goth . dykling . desiree garcia knows she s weird and a weirdo magnet . to extinguish her strangeness her parents ship her to st michael s catholic school then to mexico but neurology can t be snuffed out so easily screwy brain chemistry holds the key to desiree s madness . combining the spark of michelle tea the comic angst of augusten burroughs and the warmth of sandra cisneros chicana author myriam gurba has created a territory all her own . wet reckless by cassandra dallett 128 pages isbn 978 1 933149 84 4 14.95 5.5 x 8.5 paperback poetry in poem upon poem cassandra