In the House of My Fear
Joel Agee

In the spring of 1964, Joel Agee, not quite at home in his native New York (having spent much of his boyhood and youth behind the Iron Curtain), accidentally ingests a sizeable dose of LSD. All at once he is thrown from the precincts of bohemian normalcy into a whirl of bizarre synchronicities, symbols and omens. Nothing is ever the same again.

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The Scent of God
A Memoir
BERYL SINGLETON BISSELL

After ten years of life in the convent the author meets a handsome Italian priest and discovers that that her religious garb cannot protect her from her budding sexuality. In spare but lyrical language, Bissell weaves a powerful story of love, death, guilt, and redemption.

COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-361-5 | Trade Paper | $15.00

The Los Angeles Diaries
A Memoir
James Brown

Plagued by the suicides of both his siblings, and heir to alcohol and drug abuse, divorce, and economic ruin, James Brown lived a life clouded by addiction, broken promises, and despair. Harrowing and brutally honest, The Los Angeles Diaries is the chronicle of a man on a collision course with life, who ultimately finds the strength and courage to conquer his demons and believe once more.

“The Los Angeles Diaries is terrific. It’s one of the toughest memoirs I’ve ever read, at once spare and startlingly, admirably unsparing. It glows with a dark luminescence. James Brown is a fine, fine writer.” —Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, winner of the Pulitzer Prize

COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-720-0 | Trade Paper | $14.95

Sleeping Where I Fall
A Chronicle
PETER COYOTE

In his energetic, funny, and intelligent memoir, Peter Coyote relives his fifteen-year ride through the heart of counterculture, from his privileged life on the East Coast to the self-imposed poverty of The Diggers—a West Coast anarchic movement. Coyote casts an honest and unsentimental eye on the costs of his pursuit of absolute freedom and the lessons he learned.

COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-496-4 | Trade Paper | $17.95

Life with Sudden Death
A Tale of Moral Hazard and Medical Misadventure
MICHAEL DOWNING

A beguiling account of moral hazards and mortal risks—and a cautionary tale about believing the story of your life. From a bedeviled boyhood in the Berkshires to a grim comedy of errors in one of Boston’s best hospitals, Life with Sudden Death captures the author’s experience with an inherited mutant protein and the measures he takes to save his life.

COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-522-0 | Cloth | $25.00

With Bold Knife and Fork
M.F.K. Fisher

The woman who elevated food writing to an art is at her best in this mouthwatering collection of memoirs and recipes. Boldly confessing her prejudices and her passions, M.F.K. Fisher includes more than 140 recipes in the seventeen chapters of this book. Dishes for every course of every meal can be found here, from the simplest to the most esoteric: tidbits, appetizers, breads, pastries, fish, fowl, meats, soups, vegetables, desserts, and casseroles.

"[Fisher] writes as one intelligent adult to another—practically, often profoundly, and always beautifully. If eating means more to you than steak drowned in bottled sauces, then she's what you've been looking for." —The San Francisco Examiner

COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-581-7 | Trade Paper | $17.95

Trash Fish
A Life
GREG KEELER

Montana fisherman Greg Keeler tells a laugh-out-loud funny yet sardonically raw-to-the-bone memoir about a boy who gives himself over to his obsession with fish as an escape from the trials of growing up.

“Greg Keeler is funny, insightful, and refreshingly unpretentious—the real deal.” —Kathleen Tyau, author of A Little Too Much Is Enough

COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-402-5 | Trade Paper | $14.95

Blue-Eyed Devil
A Road Odyssey Through Islamic America
MICHAEL MUHAMMAD KNIGHT

Michael Muhammad Knight embarks on a quest for an indigenous American Islam—traveling 20,000 miles by Greyhound in sixty days, he squats in run-down mosques, pursues Muslim romance, stink palms Cat Stevens, and meets an extensive cast of characters. Knight journeys from punk provocateur to a recognized voice in the community and watches firsthand the collapse of a liberal Islamic dream.

SOFT SKULL PRESS | 978-1-59376-240-7 | Trade Paper | $14.95

Impossible Man
MICHAEL MUHAMMAD KNIGHT

The godfather of American Muslim punk, Michael Muhammad Knight is a voice for the growing number of teenagers who choose neither side of the “Clash of Civilizations.” Knight’s personal story chronicles his bizarre and traumatic boyhood—in which his father, a paranoid schizophrenic and white supremacist, plays a prominent role—and his ensuing conversion to Islam.

SOFT SKULL PRESS | 978-1-59376-226-1 | Trade Paper | $15.95

The Rose Café
Love and War in Corsica
JOHN HANSON MITCHELL

While working at the Rose Café on Corsica in 1962, John Hanson Mitchell spent his time observing the regulars: a local group of card players, colorful reprobates from the continent, and a younger crowd of fellow students, all spellbound by the lush charms of the island. In this memoir, Mitchell depicts the pivotal role that his sojourn in Corsica played in his development as a writer.

COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-445-2 | Trade Paper | $14.95