Letter from Birmingham Jail

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

This landmark missive from one of the greatest activists in history calls for direct, non-violent resistance in the fight against racism and reflects on the healing power of love.

Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavor. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem, and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays that are radical and inspiring; poems that are moving and disturbing; stories that are surreal and fabulous, taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.