Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young: A Fugitive Family in the Revolutionary Underground

Name: Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young: A Fugitive Family in the Revolutionary Underground
ISBN: 9781324089315

by Zayd Ayers Dohrn

National Book · 2026 · Longlist

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W. W. Norton & CompanyMay 19, 2026Biography & Memoir History448 pagesISBN 9781324089315

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
National Book Award for Nonfiction	2026	Longlist

About This Book

A family memoir and work of reporting by the son of Weather Underground fugitives. Drawing on interviews, declassified FBI files, letters, photos, and journals, Dohrn recounts a childhood on the run and the contradictions between personal and political values. Longlisted for the 2026 National Book Award for Nonfiction.

About the Author

Zayd Ayers DohrnAmerican

Zayd Ayers Dohrn is an American playwright, screenwriter, and professor. He directs the MFA in Writing for Screen and Stage at Northwestern University. Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young, published by W. Read more →