Past Events

To Write as if Already Dead published by Columbia University Press To Write as if Already Dead circles around Kate Zambreno's failed attempts to write a study of Hervé Guibert's To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life. In this diaristic, transgressive work, the first in a cycle written in the years preceding his death, Guibert documents with speed and intensity his diagnosis and disintegration from AIDS and elegizes a character based on Michel Foucault. ---------- This is a…

reading from The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell published by Coffee House Press ----- This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Zoom platform. You will need access to a computer or other device that is capable of accessing the internet. If you have not used Zoom before, you may consider referencing Getting Started with Zoom. ----------- Event is free, but registration is required. (CLICK HERE) to register. A sentient, murderous prosthetic leg; shadowy…

reading from her new novel Wayward published by Alfred Knopf A moving, funny, engrossing novel about mothers and daughters, and one woman's midlife reckoning, from the renowned author of Stone Arabia and Eat the Document ---------- This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Zoom platform. You will need access to a computer or other device that is capable of accessing the internet. If you have not used Zoom before, you may consider referencing Getting…

celebrating the book launch for Guitar Talk: Conversations with Visionary Players by Joel Harrision from Terra Nova Press/The MIT Press Hear the secrets of master musicians, revealed in conversation. ----------- This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the CROWDCAST platform. You will need access to a computer or other device that is capable of accessing the internet. ----------- Event is free, but registration is required. (CLICK HERE) to register. Guitar Talk offers interviews with…

Matt Bell with Cecil Castellucci and Brian Evenson celebrating the launch of Matt Bell's new novel Appleseed: a novel published by Harper Collins From Young Lions Fiction Award–finalist Matt Bell, a breakout book that explores climate change, manifest destiny, humanity's unchecked exploitation of natural resources, and the small but powerful magic contained within every single apple. This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Zoom platform. You will need access to a computer or…

Event will be held on Mobilize. Click the link in the event description for info. https://www.mobilize.us/witnessattheborder/event/392459/ Build Bridges, Not Walls book discussion with Todd Miller. Hosted by Witness the Border. Event is being broadcast via Mobilize. Register here: https://www.mobilize.us/witnessattheborder/event/392459/ For more information on Witness the Border, go to https://witnessattheborder.org