True Story : prose by Alta
Oakland: Mama's Press, 1973. Saddle-stapled octavo in glossy illustrated wraps, 36 pp.
Two titles from the mononymous publisher, author, raconteur, and general literary powerhouse. In 1969 Alta founded California's only woman-owned feminist publishing house Shameless Hussy Press, named after her own sometime honorific "The Shameless Hussy". While her biggest impact was arguably there, publishing some of the most groundbreaking works of the era's radical feminist literature --- from early work of Pat Parker to the first printing of Ntozake Shange's classic dramatic verse for colored girls who have considered suicide: or when the rainbow is enuf --- she was also a civil rights activist and educator in Virginia, founder of a commune, and prolific author. (Womansong: Life Stories, Berkeley Stage Company 1977). Good or better, some toning and staining to wraps, lightly edgeworn, scattered light foxing and toning within. Item #2623
Price: $20.00