Priya Guns

Online workshop

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 […]

Maggie Millner

City Lights 261 Columbus Ave., San Francisco, CA, United States

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 […]

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 […]

Art, Community and Direct Action: An evening with The Anarchist Review of Books

City Lights 261 Columbus Ave., San Francisco, CA, United States

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 […]

Robert Lopez in conversation with Sarah Rose Etter

City Lights 261 Columbus Ave., San Francisco, CA, United States

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

Online 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 […]

Charif Shanahan in conversation with Solmaz Sharif

LIVE - City Lights Books - Virtual

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 […]

Belén Gopegui with Mark Schafer

LIVE - City Lights Books - Virtual

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 […]

Yxta Maya Murray in conversation with Jocelyn Saidenberg

LIVE - City Lights Books - Virtual

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 […]

Mircea Cărtărescu

City Lights 261 Columbus Ave., San Francisco, CA, United States

This event will be held instore at City Lights. It will also be broadcast on zoom. To experience the virtual part of the event you will need a device that can access the internet and registration is required. City Lights in conjunction with Deep Vellum and the Romanian Cultural Institute present Mircea Cărtărescu in conversation […]