A zine by Taiwanese-American artist Shaina Lu about a community's fight to keep developers from building a 26-story hotel in the heart of their community. Following a fire in 2012 when the residents were displaced, the 5-story residential building at 15-25 Harrison Ave. has been targeted by developers. In 1917 Shainu Lu worked with community members to paint a mural on the old building. A zine about Boston's Chinatown community fighting back.

1st generation Japanese-American Emi Koyama writes about the erasure of the history of the "comfort women" system by right-wing Japanese nationalist groups in the United States and the political and personal impact of this denialism. She introduces the term comfort women and the details of the international legal conflict surrounding justice for the women involved. Emi provides evidence that demonstrates the role of media distortion, such as a 1944 U.S. Military Report and the Interagency Working Group Report. There is a timeline of comfort women denial in the U.S. and a list of resources for further learning.

Vol. 1, No. 1.
First issue of a short-lived crossdressing journal. Contents include articles on gender-neutral children's clothing of the 19th century by Ellery Thorpe; crossdressing stereotypes by Chevalier publisher and Transvestia founder Virginia Prince; "Quotes" in crossdressing fiction by Joy Strickland, and more. Cover art by Barbara Jean. The editor Carol Beecroft was the first president of Tri-Ess, or the Society for the Second Self, a crossdressing organization formed in 1976.

Second edition.
Some time ago, while at a New York flea market, inveterate collectors Michael Hurst and Robert Swope discovered a large body of snapshots: album after aged album of well-preserved images, taken roughly between the mid-50s and mid-60s, depicting a group of cross-dressers united around a place called Casa Susanna, a rather large and charmingly banal Victorian-style house in small-town New Jersey. The inhabitants, visitors, guests, and hosts used it as a weekend headquarters for a regular "girl's life." Someone-probably "Susanna" or the matriarch-nailed a wonder board on a tree proclaiming it "Casa Susanna," and thus a Queendom was born. -Publisher.

The Deadwood Dick library (v. 3, no. 27). "Cinnamon Chip strode down the street, twirling a gold headed cane in one hand and carrying a small sachel in the other." Edward Lytton Wheeler (1854-1885) was a prolific writer of dime novels and creator of the Western character Deadwood Dick. Wheeler wrote many stories which involved women who cross dressed or otherwise defied gender roles, including Denver Doll, the first female detective series in American literature, and stories based on real life frontierswoman Calamity Jane. In Chip, the Girl Sport, the title character is described as "A young woman, not over eighteen years of age, round and symmetrical of form, of the medium stature of women, strikingly handsome in face and attired in male costume, from the small knee-boots of patent leather, breeches of fine whitish woolen, vest to match, "b'iled" shirt, with collar and tie, and blazing diamond upon the bosom, and jaunty velvet jacket, to a white woolen slouch hat upon the head." An "eccentric" and "queer" character, Cinnamon Chip is defined as a tough adventurer who engages in shooting, mountaineering, and "unladylike language". The story was first published by Beadle & Adams in 1879, though the 1899 version was the first with a color illustration. --Abe Books.

"It makes me happy that you’ve picked out the levels of community in desire lines. One very urban and one very rural, and in fact my life has had both strains, or both advantages, in it. Neither Maine or New York is easy to live in, but they’ve both been very powerful in my life and continue to be. As for coming full circle in terms of re-entering a book arts tradition with desire lines, I’m proud that the book is a hand bound, letterpress edition and that it engages with immigration, forced and chosen, and witnesses change on many levels." --Beatrix Gates, from a May 2020 interview published in Poetry Northwest.

Schlesinger copy is #1 in a limited edition of 40.

The Fort Scott Sorghum Syrup Company's cookbook has recipes for cakes, candy, breads, and puddings, as well as useful information such as what to do in case of a drowning, apoplexy, dog or snake bite. Farmer Jones' sorghum was an inexpensive sugar substitute. The pamphlet cover features the racist "mammy" stereotype of the Black cook, with a bearded White man looking over her shoulder.

"The picture on the front cover is reproduced from life. 'Mary' is employed in the family of the Manager of the Fort Scott Sorghum Syrup Co., at Fort Scott, Kansas." --Titles page verso.

A zine from the Asian American Feminist Collective on How To Make History. The zine, the second in a series published by the Collective, includes: The archive / Salonee Bhaman -- Unravelling Khanom Jeen / Aree Worawongwasu -- The Sakman / Aanchal Saraf -- Oral history of Patricia Eng / Vivian Truong -- Image: no heat, no hot water - no rent! -- Family histories of displacement / Diane Wong -- Dreaming diasporas in Chinatowns / Diane Wong & Minju Bae -- Sakhi : a history / Senti Sojwal -- The unbound feet collective : a history / Julie Ae Kim -- A return / Thahitun Marium -- Recurring women / Veasna Has -- Uhl-Gool / Julie Ae Kim -- Hair / Ashna Ali -- #thisisasianamerica -- The myth of the sideways vagina / Tiffany Diane Tso -- Images: third world women's alliance -- H.R. 23 : Amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 -- How Chinese American women changed U.S. labor history / Huiying B. Chan -- I am an Asian lesbian & I respect my family / Christine Liu -- We, together -- Image : trans is fucking beautiful -- Re-framing family / Gaia Goffe and Tao Leigh Goffe -- Muana Kea: the long fight against colonialsim / Maile Arvin.

Thirteenth edition.
This book was first published in 1928 as the Kenya Settlers’ Cookery Book. Its aim, as the original title implies, was to supply British colonial households with recipes executable with ingredients available to them in Kenya. It is a curious community cookbook that favors the users’ comfort over challenging them to explore new dishes or ingredients. British and western European fare (Scotch eggs, treacle duff, marmite sandwiches) prevails, but other colonial influences appear in the numerous Indian dishes like fish kedgeree and samosas. Recipes like those for irio—a Kenyan dish of mashed potatoes with peas and corn—and groundnut soup are few enough to suggest that cultural interchange was not a two-way street, at least for the women of St. Andrews. Household tips and a glossary of Swahili words are also included.
--letters@kitchenartsandletters.com

"From the experiences of 507 women jailed for committing nonviolent civil disobedience by blockading the roads leading to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory -- International Day of Nuclear Disarmament, June 20, 1983" --Title page.

Theresa Jenkins Hilliard's journey with Gullah cuisine began on the shores of Edisto Island South Carolina, where her grandmother, Susan Jenkins, lovingly passed down the art of cooking. As a child, Theresa watched in awe as her grandmother whipped up mouthwatering meals, and this is how she developed a passion for Gullah cuisine, which she continued to hone for over six decades. Theresa's culinary skills are a tribute to her ancestors who were all great cooks, and this book is a testament to their legacy. "Mama Doonk's Gullah Recipes" is a compilation of dishes prepared by her grandmother, mother and aunt, along with some of her favorite recipes. From rabbit, opossum, and raccoon stew to shrimps and grits, corn fritters, okra soup and homemade biscuits, this book offers a delicious insight into Gullah cuisine. -- Publisher.

"Be it resolved: That we endorse and actively support any movement of the Urban League or kindred organizations working for the equal distribution of Government Works Projects and Funds, also endorse and actively support any movement for a higher wage for our people in industry and Government projects.

That we be not discouraged by the defeat of the Costigan-Wagner Anti-Lynch Bill, but let that spur our efforts to work for the election of only the Representatives and Senators who will fight to enact constitutional legislation to eradicate forever that uncivilized and unchristian institution, and that members individually join the N.A.A.C.P. efforts towards this end." --Minutes, page 52

"Food, and the use of it as offerings, and other functions necessary to the practice of the religion, helped insure the continued existence of the African's culture on the New Word... It is the purpose of this book not only to show the recipes of the culture and how and why they are prepared, but to show the foods that are eaten in Africa, and their transformation in the Western Hemisphere." --Forward.

The book includes religious practices and recipes.

From the zine:
"Islam is a revolution. Islam is the belief that the arc of justice will prevail. That tyranny will be thwarted and the oppressed will have liberation. That Allāh (swt) is love. That Palestine will be free, within this lifetime, InshaAllāh. And as Islam is a revolution, we queer and trans Muslims are by nature revolutionary. We stand in our authenticity and refuse assimilation. We reject the status quo. We seek truth and justice on this plane. We stand arm in arm with those who resist oppression. As our deen and dunya are forced ever more at odds with each other, and fascism consolidates across the globe, the Quran is our guidebook on how to resist tyranny. And Ramadan is a month of resistance.”

A 16-page love letter to queer and trans Muslims, and to those we stand alongside in the fight. --Author's website, sheyamghieth.com

Second edition.
"The object of the author is, to enter into the minute details of the Nurse's duty to the Infant during the first month of life. In his own practice, he has often seriously felt the inconvenience of the want of information, in this respect , on the part of the Nurse; and it was this which chiefly induced him to prepare these pages. The advice given to young mothers, it is hoped, will prove beneficial, as peculiar circumstances, or their own delicacy of feeling, may often prevent them from gaining access to more experienced friends." -- Preface.

Dr. Richard Sharp Kissam (1808 - 1861) was a surgeon, lecturer, and educator.