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Glen E. Friedman – Subliminal Projects (Los Angeles, CA)

9/30/23

Glen E. Friedman presents Just a Minor Threat

Kevin Powell – Brooklyn Book Festival (Main Stage)

10/1/23, 11:00am

A Half Century of Hip-Hop: This summer’s grand celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary was beautiful and affirming for longtime fans and practitioners of this perennially maligned and underestimated genre/subculture. Now that the landmark events have passed, what do we make of not just the story of hip-hop but its evolving place in the public imagination? […]

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Catalog Tag: Jerry Stahl

The Cocaine Chronicles

Edited by: Gary Phillips and Jervey Tervalon

The best fiction anthology of cocaine-themed tales to blow through in years, featuring all-new stories from Susan Straight, Lee Child, Jerry Stahl, Ken Bruen, Laura Lippman, Bill Moody, Nina Revoyr, and many more.

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Drug Chronicles (5-Book Set)

Edited by: Jonathan Santlofer, Jerry Stahl, Joseph Mattson, Gary Phillips, Jervey Tervalon and Lee Child

For a limited time, receive paperback copies of all books currently in our Drug Chronicles series (The Nicotine Chronicles, The Marijuana Chronicles, The Heroin Chronicles, The Speed Chronicles, and The Cocaine Chronicles) for $40, plus shipping!

The Heroin Chronicles

Edited by: Jerry Stahl

The latest entry in the Akashic Drug Chronicles Series. Heroin has long been understood as the most “literary” of narcotics, and this collection will, for better and worse, have tremendous pop cultural appeal.

The Nicotine Chronicles

Edited by: Lee Child

Lee Child recruits Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Ames, Cara Black, and others to reveal nicotine’s scintillating alter egos.
*While supplies last, books ordered through the website will include a bookplate SIGNED by Lee Child!