bˈɔːɹn ɪn hˈɑːɹləm, nˈuː jˈɔːɹk, hiː mˈuːvd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti ˈeɪt tʊ ˈɪŋɡlənd, wˌɛɹ hiː bɪɡˈæn ɐ kəmjˈuːnᵻɾibˈeɪst bˈʊkʃɑːp kˈɔːld sˈɛntɚpɹˌaɪz ɪn hˈækni, ˈiːst lˈʌndən, ænd wɛnt ˌɔn tə kˈoʊfˈaʊnd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti sˈɪks ðə ɹˈaɪɾɚz ænd ɹˈiːdɚz koʊˈɑːpɚɹətˌɪv, bˈɛst nˈoʊn æz pˈʌblɪʃɚɹ ʌvðə ...
Born in Harlem, New York, he moved in 1968 to England, where he began a community-based bookshop called Centerprise in Hackney, East London, and went on to co-found in 1976 the Writers and Readers Cooperative, best known as publisher of the ...