Semiotext(e)
Best known for its introduction of French theory to American readers, Semiotext(e) has been one of America’s most influential independent presses since its inception more than three decades ago. Publishing works of theory, fiction, madness, economics, satire, sexuality, science fiction, activism and confession, Semiotext(e)’s highly curated list has famously melded high and low forms of cultural expression into a nuanced and polemical vision of the present. Semiotext(e) authors include Jean Baudrillard, William S. Burroughs, Paul Virilio, Catherine Breillat, The Invisible Committee, Eileen Myles, Mark von Schlegell, David Wojnarowicz, Abdellah Taïa, Guy Hocquenghem, Félix Guattari, Michelle Tea, Penny Arcade, The Bernadette Corporation, Pierre Clastres, Guy Debord, Michelle Bernstein, Dhoruba Bin Wahid, Christian Marazzi, and Peter Sloterdjik. An anthology, Hatred of Capitalism, was published in 2001 to mark Semiotext(e)’s move to The MIT Press as its distributor.
Semiotext(e) is coedited by Sylvère Lotringer, Chris Kraus, and Hedi El Kholti
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Nicolas Pages
ISBN: 9781635901948
Publisher: Semiotext(e)
Pub Date: December 12, 2023
An ode to mad love, awarded the Prix de Flore in 1999.
Footlights
Critical Notebook 1970–1982
ISBN: 9781635901986
Publisher: Semiotext(e)
Pub Date: December 12, 2023
The early essays of the most influential French film critic of the post-68 period.
Alien Daughters Walk Into the Sun
Alien Daughters Walk Into the Sun
An Almanac of Extreme Girlhood
ISBN: 9781635901924
Publisher: Semiotext(e)
Pub Date: November 21, 2023
The early writings of renowned poet and critical theorist Jackie Wang, drawn from her early zines, indie-lit crit, and prolific early 2000s blog.
Conspiracist Manifesto
ISBN: 9781635901795
Publisher: Semiotext(e)
Pub Date: June 13, 2023
What if capitalism and its social machine were the outcome of a conspiratorial strategy?
The Complete Fear of Kathy Acker
The Complete Fear of Kathy Acker
ISBN: 9781635901856
Publisher: Semiotext(e)
Pub Date: June 6, 2023
The first complete edition of this notorious novel which maps the 1980s anarchic underground of Los Angeles.
Fassbinder Thousands of Mirrors
Fassbinder Thousands of Mirrors
ISBN: 9781635901887
Publisher: Semiotext(e)
Pub Date: May 2, 2023
A kaleidoscopic study of Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
I Could Not Believe It
The 1979 Teenage Diaries of Sean DeLear
ISBN: 9781635901832
Publisher: Semiotext(e)
Pub Date: May 23, 2023
A remarkable time capsule of Simi Valley, 1979, written before the author would become one of LA's most influential artists of subsequent decades.

Nicolas Pages
ISBN: 9781635901948
Publisher: Semiotext(e)
Pub Date: December 12, 2023
An ode to mad love, awarded the Prix de Flore in 1999.
Footlights
Critical Notebook 1970–1982
ISBN: 9781635901986
Publisher: Semiotext(e)
Pub Date: December 12, 2023
The early essays of the most influential French film critic of the post-68 period.
Alien Daughters Walk Into the Sun
Alien Daughters Walk Into the Sun
An Almanac of Extreme Girlhood
ISBN: 9781635901924
Publisher: Semiotext(e)
Pub Date: November 21, 2023
The early writings of renowned poet and critical theorist Jackie Wang, drawn from her early zines, indie-lit crit, and prolific early 2000s blog.
Conspiracist Manifesto
ISBN: 9781635901795
Publisher: Semiotext(e)
Pub Date: June 13, 2023
What if capitalism and its social machine were the outcome of a conspiratorial strategy?
The Complete Fear of Kathy Acker
The Complete Fear of Kathy Acker
ISBN: 9781635901856
Publisher: Semiotext(e)
Pub Date: June 6, 2023
The first complete edition of this notorious novel which maps the 1980s anarchic underground of Los Angeles.
Fassbinder Thousands of Mirrors
Fassbinder Thousands of Mirrors
ISBN: 9781635901887
Publisher: Semiotext(e)
Pub Date: May 2, 2023
A kaleidoscopic study of Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
I Could Not Believe It
The 1979 Teenage Diaries of Sean DeLear
ISBN: 9781635901832
Publisher: Semiotext(e)
Pub Date: May 23, 2023
A remarkable time capsule of Simi Valley, 1979, written before the author would become one of LA's most influential artists of subsequent decades.