San Francisco: City Lights Books, (2015) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A new collection of poems, described as 'exuberant and socially engaged, reflective and hearling' by the first Latino US Poet Laureate. n 2024, he received the MacArthur "genius award." SIGNED on the title page. 100 pp. ISBN: 978-0872867109.

San Francisco: City Lights Books, (2015). SIGNED first edition - A new collection of poems, described as 'exuberant and socially engaged, reflective and hearling' by the first Latino US Poet Laureate. n 2024, he received the MacArthur "genius award." SIGNED on the title page. 100 pp. ISBN: 978-0872866973.

San Francisco: Manic D Press, (2016). SIGNED - An early work - his sixth book - by this writer, the first Latino US Poet Laureate, who in 2024 received the MacArthur "genius award." Originally published in 1994, this consists of forty cantos in which the poet explores the metaphysical relationship between Frida Kahlo, her art, her broken body, and cross-border consciousness. SIGNED on the title page. 61 pp. ISBN: 978-1933149967.

San Francisco: Five Fingers Review. 1987. SIGNED first edition - A journal of poetry and prose, SIGNED by TWO poets at their contributions - Dorianne Laux and Juan Felipe Herrerra. Other contributors include Clark Coolidge, Stan Rice, Jack Marshall, Cole Swenson, Carol Dorf, Sara Vogan and more. Notes on contributors. 138 pp plus ads. Cover by Chris Biddle.

Berkeley, CA & San Francisco: Heyday Books / Precita Eyes Muralists Association,
(2017). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A tribute both to the murals of the Mission district in San Francisco and to the vibrant culture of the people of 'el barrio de la mission," a culture which is now threatened by changes in San Francisco. Illustrated with gorgeous, striking full color photographs by Dick Evans. Foreword by Juan Felipe Herrera entitled "Mission Muralizations, 1945-2016." with the long poem "Second (Mobile) Panel, Something Else, 2016." Introduction by Carla Wojczuk. SIGNED and dated in April 2017 on the title page by Dick Evans and also SIGNED by Herrera with the word "Love". Large square format, printed on glossy stock. xxi, 159 pp plus 2 pp about Heyday Press. ISBN: 978-1597143608.

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (2002). SIGNED first edition - A work by this US poet laureate which defies characterization . "Tuning in voices from numerous time zones, languages, and minds, Herrera recalls his childhood and coming of age, his participation in the Chicano Movement, and the surreal aspects of postmodern America. . . Pushing forms to the edge of possibility while forcing readers to rethink reality as well as language, Herrera invokes childhoods and neighborhoods, stand-up clowns and Movimiento gypsies, grandmothers of the bunuelo kitchen and tragicomic soliloquies of dizzy-headed outcasts of paradise." SIGNED and dated on the title page. In 2024, he received the MacArthur "genius award." 186 pp. plus 4 photographs. ISBN: 0816522154.

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (2013.). SIGNED first edition - "Known for his activism and writings that bring attention to oppression and injustice, Herrera turns to stories of genocide and hope in Sudan. 'Senegal Taxi' offers the voices of three children escaping the horrors of war in Africa. Unflinching in its honesty, brutality, and beauty, the collection fiercely addresses conflict and childhood." SIGNED and dated on the half title page by this US Poet Laureate, who in 2024 also received the MacArthur "genius award." Illustrated by Herrera. 95 pp. ISBN: 978-0816530151.

San Francisco: ZYZZYVA, Inc. 2010. SIGNED first edition - A magazine of fiction, poetry, essays and photography. Contributors to this issue include Gina Hanson, Miyoko and Tom Wesley, Francisco X Alarcon, Juan Felipe Herrera, Abel Salas, Meg Withers and others. SIGNED by Herrera at his poem "Arizona Green (Manifesto 1070)" Illustrated with photographs Cover by Dennis Letbetter. Advertisements. 160 pp. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1994. SIGNED first edition - The most comprehensive and ambitious anthology of Latino writings published to date. SIGNED by FIVE contributors: Juan Felipe Herrera on the half title page; . Luis J. Rodriguez at his poem "The Quiet Woman; " Luis Alberto Urea at "Father's Day," Lucha Corpi at her poem 'Fugue" and Alberto Rivera Rios at his long poem "How the Mouth Works." Includes 135 contributions primarily by Cuban, Puerto Rican and Mexican Americans. Includes work by Francisco Alarcon, Rudolfo Anaya, Cristina Garcia, Richard Rodriguez, Helena Maria Viramontes, , Gloria Anzaldua, Mary Helen Ponce, Martin Espada, Pat Mora, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Louis Alberto Urrea, David Ungar, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Lucha Corpi, Benjamin Alire Saenz, and many others. Includes note on the contributors. 571 pp. ISBN: 0-15-6001306.

San Francisco: ZYZZYVA, Inc. 1988. SIGNED first edition - The third anniversary issue of this interesting and eclectic magazine. SIGNED by THREE poets: by Garrett Hongo at his poem "Jigoku"; by Juan Felipe Herrera at "World Artist: Critical Gazing" and by Kay Ryan at "Masterworks of MIng." Also included are works by Arturo Islas, Robert Peters, John Daniel (an article on the Turkey Press) and more. Art and photography by Catherine Nisbet, Yuji Morita, Stan Washburn and others. Cover by Harry Polkinhorn. 136 pp. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line.

New York: Viking, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An uncommon and unpredictable anthology bringing together writers of all colors and ethnic backgrounds who discuss just what American culture is today, what it can be, and the problems in our understanding of what it means to be an American. This includes essays by Miguel Algarin, Frank Chin, Robert Eliot Fox, Juan Felipe Herrera, Maulena Karenga, Barbara Smith, William Wong, Gerald Horne, John A Williams, Ana Castillo, Leslie Marmon Silko, Amiri Baraka, Gerald Vizenor, Bharati Mukherjee, and many others. SIGNED by THREE authors: by Reed on the title page and by Frank Chin at his contribution "Rashomon Road" and Juan Felipe Herrera at "The Colored Trickster and the Frida Painter." Brief biographical notes. xxvii, 467 pp. ISBN: 0-670-867535.