John Densmore in conversation with Johnny Temple celebrating the publication of The Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison’s Legacy Goes on Trial By John Densmore Published by Akashic Books In The Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison’s Legacy Goes on Trial, New York Times best-selling author and legendary Doors drummer John Densmore offers a powerful exploration of the “greed […]

An evening of discussion centered upon the book: Deep Care: The Radical Activists Who Provided Abortions, Defied the Law, and Fought to Keep Clinics Open By Angela Hume Published by AK Press The story of the radical feminists who worked outside the law to defend abortion. Starting in the 1970s, small groups of feminist activists […]

Dominique Routhier with Tobi Haslett and Jason E Smith discussing the newly published book With and Against: The Situationist International in the Age of Automation by Dominique Routhier Published by Verso Books No other art movement has so profoundly influenced radical politics as the Situationist International. But beyond the clichés about its purported leader Guy […]

City Lights celebrates its 70th Year! Have you ever wondered about the origins of City Lights? Did you know there were two court cases in addition to the famous HOWL trial? Ever wonder how Lawrence Ferlinghetti became a pacifist, and how that was reflected at City Lights? Learn about these and other intriguing areas of […]

City Lights celebrates its 70th Year! Have you ever wondered about the origins of City Lights? Did you know there were two court cases in addition to the famous HOWL trial? Ever wonder how Lawrence Ferlinghetti became a pacifist, and how that was reflected at City Lights? Learn about these and other intriguing areas of […]

Join City Lights in celebrating this innovative indy press. Showcasing four of Black Lawrence Press’ authors, Lisa Dordal, Nancy Welch, JoeAnn Hart, and Sara Johnson Allen, each of these women write in radically different styles, but they all have the same concerns—survival. In JoeAnn Hart’s Highwire Act & Other Tales of Survival, this is more […]

Join City Lights in continuing its 70th anniversary celebrations by spending an evening with some of the authors it has published! With Sesshu Foster, Brandon Shimoda, and mimi tempestt Moderated by Stacey Lewis With a history dating back to 1955 and a catalog of well over 200 titles in print, our publishing mission remains what […]

Join City Lights in celebrating the late great Jack Hirschman’s 90th Birthday! with Agneta Falk and Friends Jack Hirschman was a poet, translator, editor, activist, and former poet laureate of San Francisco. His powerfully eloquent voice set the tone for political poetry in this country. Since leaving a teaching career in the ’60s, Hirschman took […]

John Brackett and Michael Kaler, with David Gans and the Broken Angels Join City Lights, Duke University Press, and the Rex Foundation in celebrating two new books about the Grateful Dead Live Dead: The Grateful Dead, Live Recordings, and the Ideology of Liveness by John Brackett published by Duke University Press and Get Shown the […]