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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 and other stories (published by Wings Press) and Vertigo of Risk: poems (published by Casa Urraca Press) About Lupe’s Dream During the strange and unsettling […]
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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 This event will be both broadcast online and take place inside City Lights Bookstore located at 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco. Those of you who […]
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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 discussions to explore how educators, school and district leaders, social service providers, and community partners can work together to better support immigrant and refugee students. […]
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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 workshop (Tuesday), and a workshop notice is emailed (Thursday/Friday). The pieces to be critiqued can then be dowloaded and read. We critique a maximum of […]
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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 of our hue. A magisterial, intimate look at Black womanhood: the grief that is carried within the body and the bonds of love that grant […]
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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 she lives paycheck to paycheck in a basement, caring for her mom and driving for an app that is constantly cutting her take. The city […]
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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 event is both live in-store and virtual. It is free to the public. To watch online you will need to register. While attending in-store, seating […]
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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 Faye Register Here Kathy E. Ferguson discussing “Letterpress Revolution: The Politics of Anarchist Print Culture” Published by Duke University Press Kathy E. Ferguson is joined […]
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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 and Direct Action: An evening with The Anarchist Review of Books with Cara Hoffman, Payton Alexandre, and Ben Durham Join us to celebrate the publication […]
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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 “Dispatches From Puerto Nowhere: An American Story of Assimilation and Erasure” published by Two Dollar Radio Robert Lopez’s grandfather Sixto was born in Mayaguez, Puerto […]
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 workshop (Tuesday), and a workshop notice is emailed (Thursday/Friday). The pieces to be critiqued can then be dowloaded and read. We critique a maximum 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 online you will need to register. While attending in-store, seating is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Masks are optional, but highly recommended. Register Here […]
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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 the publication of Stay This Day and Night with Me by Belén Gopegui Translator: Mark Schafer Published by City Lights Books This is the story […]
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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 with Jocelyn Saidenberg celebrating the publication of “God Went Like That: a novel” by Yxta Maya Murray published by Northwestern University Press/Curbstone Books An artful […]