Counterpoint Press: 319 books
Peaks on the Horizon
Two Journeys in Tibet
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
The “engrossing” true story of two men from different worlds whose paths crossed on the border of China and Tibet (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
With a passion for Tibet that dated back to childhood, Charlie Carroll decided to visit this mysterious and controversial nation and experience...
by Zachary Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
An American’s experiences of the traditions, changes, and subcultures of 21st-century China—“a seamless portrait of a complex modern society” (Publishers Weekly).
Formerly a student in Bejing, Zachary Mexico returned to China in 2006 to chronicle the immense changes in Chinese society...
The Art of Stanley Mouse
California Dreams
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
A comprehensive collection of artwork and remembrances by the “important and beloved” artist behind some of the most iconic concert posters of the 1960s (Relix).
The story of Stanley “Mouse” Miller is a story of the cultural and artistic renaissance of the 1960s. Mouse was an institution...
Down Among the Dead Men
A Year in the Life of a Mortuary Technician
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
“Thankfully Williams’s reminiscence does more than delight in the creepy and the ghoulish; it breathes life into the mortuary workers themselves**.” —The Brooklyn Rail**
Michelle Williams is young and attractive, with close family ties, a busy social life . . . and an unusual occupation....
Massive Pissed Love
Nonfiction 2001–2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
An incisive, snarky, and brilliant collection of arts, music, and literary criticism by a post-punk legend.
Richard Hell may best be known as a punk icon, a founding member of seminal bands Television, the Heartbreakers, and The Voidoids, but for decades he’s been a prominent voice in American...
Love, InshAllah
The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
“A book that strips off the traditional trappings of Islamic womanhood to expose the special strengths and vulnerabilities that lie beneath.” —The Washington Post
Romance, dating, sex and—Muslim women? In this groundbreaking collection, twenty-five American Muslim writers sweep aside...
Turf
Stories
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
**“Twenty-two often witty, sometimes-disquieting short stories . . . Autobiography and imagination walking hand in hand into the sunset.” —**Kirkus Reviews
An Electric Literature Best Short Story Collection of 2017
Through her three story collections and two novels, Elizabeth Crane’s...
by Anna David
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
“Hysterical and touching” confessions drawn from the New York Times–bestselling author’s hit storytelling stage shows and podcast (Publishers Weekly).
Anna David’s project began as a live venue for writers and comedians to share and laugh and cringe at their love-gone-wrong disaster...
Black Hole
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
A “scabrously funny novel” about designer drugs, dead-end jobs, and murder set in the San Francisco of the near future (Publishers Weekly).
There are no old drug addicts. That’s what everyone says, at least. So how is Chuck forty three years old and still neck-deep in this scene? He knows...
Stranger Than We Can Imagine
An Alternative History of the 20th Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
The extraordinary story of the twentieth century, as told from the furthest fringes of science, art, and culture.
Before 1900, history was an account of great discoveries that actually made sense. People understand innovations like the steam engine, agriculture, or electricity. The twentieth...
by Gary Brecher
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
“[A] raucous, offensive, and sometimes amusing CliffsNotes compilation of wars both well-known and ignored.” —Utne Reader
Self-described war nerd Gary Brecher knows he’s not alone, that there’s a legion of fat, lonely Americans, stuck in stupid, paper-pushing desk jobs, who get off...
Down and Derby
The Insider's Guide to Roller Derby
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
“Part manifesto, part how-to-guide . . . required reading for anyone who’s searching for new ways to be fearless.” —Carrie Brownstein
When most Americans hear the words “roller derby” today, they think of the kitschy sport once popular on weekend television during the seventies...
Reeling Through Life
How I Learned to Live, Love, and Die at the Movies
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
An “insightful [and] original blend of memoir and film criticism” explores how what we watch shapes our identities (Chicago Tribune).
Winner of the PEN Southwest Award for Creative Nonfiction
Through ten cleverly constructed essays, author, screenwriter, and passionate film buff...
Box Girl
My Part-Time Job as an Art Installation
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
A whip-smart account of the author’s turbulent 20s, told in a “self-effacing and wryly humorous young voice in the tenor of Sloan Crosley and Lena Dunham” (Booklist).
When 22-year-old Lilibet Snellings moved to Los Angeles on a whim, she unintentionally became a “slash” to keep her head...