{"product_id":"dangerous-dirty-violent-and-young-a-fugitive-family-in-the-revolutionary-underground","title":"Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young: A Fugitive Family in the Revolutionary Underground","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Zayd Ayers Dohrn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eW.W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5\/19\/2026, hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: 9781324089315\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZayd Ayers Dohrn was born underground. His parents were fugitives after a decade fighting the US government; his mother was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. All his life, Dohrn's parents said his birth marked a clean break with violent revolutionary struggle, but in this explosive memoir, he discovers that story wasn't entirely true.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis masterpiece of personal and social history brings us inside an infamous family and their lives underground. Drawing on exclusive interviews, declassified FBI files, and long-hidden letters, photos, and diaries, Dohrn tells a new story of radical resistance, including revelations about the Weathermen's bombing campaign, their secret alliance with the Black Liberation Army, and the dramatic prison break of Assata Shakur.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReckoning with the emotional damage the Weathermen inflicted on their victims, their children, and themselves, Dohrn's unflinching memoir explores the roots of radicalism and asks how a young person survives when the place they feel safest--with their family--also puts them in danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A rare and profound gift--one that breaks your heart even as it quietly fills it with hope....It is everything we need right now: deeply moving and urgent.\" -- Heather Ann Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"What a book! Exhilarating, maddening, contemplative, and mournful.\" -- Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A richly layered story that blends investigative rigor with emotional depth....Dohrn draws provocative connections between the radicalism of the 1960s and today's fractured political landscape, inviting readers to consider how cycles of dissent, repression, and moral certainty repeat across generations. The result is a beautifully written, deeply humane memoir, quietly devastating in its refusal of easy answers.\" -- \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I love Zayd Ayers Dohrn's new book. \u003cem\u003eDangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young: A Fugitive Family in the Revolutionary Underground\u003c\/em\u003e, and want radicals, revolutionaries and renegades everywhere to dive into it and discover its treasures, from the brilliant title to the exhilarating ending and with remarkable stops in between....\u003cem\u003eDangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young: A Fugitive Family in the Revolutionary Underground\u003c\/em\u003e will occupy a special space in my library and in my heart.\" -- Jonah Raskin, \u003cem\u003eCounterpunch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZayd Ayers Dohrn\u003c\/strong\u003e is an acclaimed playwright and screenwriter. He is a professor and director of the MFA in Writing for Screen and Stage at Northwestern University. He is creator of the hit narrative podcast \u003cem\u003eMother Country Radicals\u003c\/em\u003e and the rock protest musical \u003cem\u003eRevolution(s)\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52215477010715,"sku":"Dangerous Dirty Violent","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/81iBxgcND-L._SL1500.jpg?v=1778883569","url":"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/dangerous-dirty-violent-and-young-a-fugitive-family-in-the-revolutionary-underground","provider":"Burning Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}