Paperback
1984 · San Francisco
by [Kerista Commune]
San Francisco: Performing Arts Social Society, 1984. Paperback. 254p., very good paperback, illustrated. Contents are identical to "Kerista: lifestyle package design & experience, art and writings of the Kerista Commune. Vol. 1, Book 1" (Summer 1984), but issued as a separate book with distinct cover portraying three women of different ethnicities relaxing with a bearded man. Dedicated to Eugenia Charles, the Dominican prime minister. Essays and artwork about the lives of the approximately two dozen people who were members of the commune. Topics include material about polyfidelity (members exchanged sexual partners nightly), transcript of an appearance by members on the Donahue Show, the group's social contract for children to follow (illustrated with cartoons), and much more. (Inventory #: 274084)