John Freeman with Robin Coste Lewis, Tommy Orange, and Matt Sumell John Freeman celebrates the latest installment of the journal that is called "a powerful force in the literary world" (Los Angeles Times.) Freeman's turns to one of the greatest elevating forces of life: love FREEMAN'S: Best New Writings on LOVE Edited by John Freeman Published by Grove […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]