Bruce Rettig
BRUCE RETTIG In his 20s, Bruce Rettig worked at least 12 hours each day of the week — on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. “We were trapped in a time warp, interactions almost exclusively limited to the confines of a camp consisting of seven barges and 10 tugboats anchored...
Marie Johnson
MARIE JOHNSON Marie lives in the middle of a cattle ranch in Douglas County, Nevada. Semi-retired, she now spends her time biking, hiking, swimming, skiing, rock climbing, and traveling. Born in Minnesota, raised in rural communities, she got her B.S. from the...
Bridey Heidel
BRIDEY HEIDEL Bridey Thelen-Heidel is an award-winning English teacher who has contributed her writing to a best-selling book about supporting LGBT+ youth. She writes nonfiction and is currently working on project she hopes will inspire people to follow their dreams,...
John Hindmarsh
JOHN HINDMARSH John is a thriller and sci-fi writer originally from Australia, but now lives in Los Angeles. His many titles include The Mark Midway Series, The Glass Complex Series, The Annihilation Series, and Shen Ark: Departure, in which most endings blow up, of...
Jennifer Quashnick
JENNIFER QUASHNICK Jennifer Quashnick has loved the Lake Tahoe area her entire life. Jennifer holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Science and Health and has spent twenty years advocating for scientifically supported policy-making to protect Lake Tahoe’s... Loading view.
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Margaret Randall in conversation with Garrett Caples
Margaret Randall in conversation with Garrett Caples
Margaret Randall reads from short fiction and poetry, then is joined by Garrett Caples in conversation City Lights, Casa Urraca Press, and Wings Press celebrate the publication of Lupe’s Dream […]
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John Sayles
John Sayles
John Sayles reads from his new novel City Lights and Melville House celebrate the publication of Jamie MacGillivray: The Renegade’s Journey (a novel) by John Sayles Published by Melville House […]
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Humanizing Education: Equity, Belonging & Justice for Immigrant and Refugee Students in U.S. Schools
Humanizing Education: Equity, Belonging & Justice for Immigrant and Refugee Students in U.S. Schools
City Lights, in conjunction with the University of San Francisco School of Education and Refugee and Immigrant Transitions, presents a half-day virtual symposium with two plenary and three break-out group […]
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TWW Workshop
TWW Workshop
The TWW workshops are free and open to the public. Writers of all genres and anyone who appreciates the written word are welcome. Work is submitted a week prior to […]
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Lakiesha Carr in conversation with Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Lakiesha Carr in conversation with Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Lakiesha Carr in conversation with Maurice Carlos Ruffin An Autobiography of Skin (A Novel) by Lakiesha Carr Published by Pantheon Books Heat. Fire. Rain so blue. The blackness. The color […]
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Priya Guns
Priya Guns
Priya Guns reading from her debut novel Your Driver Is Waiting Published by Doubleday Damani is tired. Her father just died on the job at a fast-food joint, and now […]
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Maggie Millner
Maggie Millner
Maggie Millner is joined in conversation by Megan Fernandes, Sam Sax and Oscar Villalon Maggie Millner reads from her debut book “Couplets” – Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux This […]
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Kathy E. Ferguson discussing “Letterpress Revolution”
Kathy E. Ferguson discussing “Letterpress Revolution”
City Lights and Duke University Press present Kathy E. Ferguson discussing “Letterpress Revolution: The Politics of Anarchist Print Culture” Published by Duke University Press Joined by special guest Jules Remedios […]
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Art, Community and Direct Action: An evening with The Anarchist Review of Books
Art, Community and Direct Action: An evening with The Anarchist Review of Books
Price: Free (Registration Required)Join us to celebrate the publication of The Anarchist Review of Books issue #5 with with Cara Hoffman, Payton Alexandre, and Ben Durham Register Here Art, Community […]
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TWW Workshop
TWW Workshop
The TWW workshops are free and open to the public. Writers of all genres and anyone who appreciates the written word are welcome. Work is submitted a week prior to […]
Robert Lopez in conversation with Sarah Rose Etter
Robert Lopez in conversation with Sarah Rose Etter
Robert Lopez celebrates the publication of “Dispatches From Puerto Nowhere: An American Story of Assimilation and Erasure” published by Two Dollar Radio Register Here Robert Lopez celebrates the publication of […]
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Charif Shanahan in conversation with Solmaz Sharif
Charif Shanahan in conversation with Solmaz Sharif
Charif Shanahan celebrates the publication of Trace Evidence: poems published by Tin House Books This event is both live in-store and virtual. It is free to the public. To watch […]
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Belén Gopegui with Mark Schafer
Belén Gopegui with Mark Schafer
City Lights celebrates the publication of Stay This Day and Night with Me by Belén Gopegui (Translator: Mark Schafer) Published by City Lights Books Register Here City Lights celebrates […]
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Yxta Maya Murray in conversation with Jocelyn Saidenberg
Yxta Maya Murray in conversation with Jocelyn Saidenberg
City Lights celebrates the publication of “God Went Like That: a novel” by Yxta Maya Murray – published by Northwestern University Press/Curbstone Books Register Here Yxta Maya Murray in conversation […]