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November 2020
Storage Unit for the Spirit House – Maw Shein Win
City Lights in conjunction with Omnidawn Books present Maw Shein Win and Nathalie Khankan celebrating new Omnidawn Books with Su Hwang and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo reading from new poetry City Lights celebrates the book launch of Storage Unit for the Spirit House - by Maw Shein Win (Click Here) to purchase and Quiet Orient Riot - by Nathalie Khankan (Click Here) to purchase Event is free, but registration is required. (Click Here) to register.
Find out more »Zyzzyva 2020 Fall Issue Launch Party
Join Zyzzyva managing editor Oscar Villalon with Jonathan Escoffery, Wendy C. Ortiz, Siel Ju, Andrés Reconco, Kathleen Mackay, and Nina Revoyr ZYZZYVA closes out the year-long celebration of its 35th anniversary with the publication of Issue No. 119—the L.A. Issue. A complement to the journal's Bay Area Issue published last winter, the L.A. Issue features some of the exciting work being done by writers, poets, and artists who make Los Angeles County their home or place of work. At more…
Find out more »Pam Houston – Writers in the Woods Literary Speaker Series
Pam Houston's newest book, Air Mail: Letters of Politics, Pandemics, and Place, chronicles the correspondence between writers Pam Houston and Amy Irvine in response to the spread of coronavirus. Part tribute to wilderness, part indictment against tyranny and greed, the dialog is based on their shared devotion to the rugged, windswept mountains that surround their homes. Houston is also the author of the memoir, Deep Creek: Finding Hope In The High Country, two novels, Contents May Have Shifted and Sight…
Find out more »Ishmael Reed with Tennessee Reed
Each reading from their new books of poetry published by Dalkey Archive Why The Black Hole Sings The Blues by Ishmael Reed Califia Burning: Poems 2012-2019 by Tennessee Reed --------- 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…
Find out more »Sun Ra’s Chicago: Afrofuturism and the City
William Sites in conversation with John Corbett exploring the new book Sun Ra's Chicago: Afrofuturism and the City published by University of Chicago Press Exploring acclaimed Jazz Master Sun Ra's deep-rooted connection to the City of Chicago and its relation to Afrofuturism. 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…
Find out more »ReTargeting Iran
Discussing the intersections of their new books ReTargeting Iran published by City Lights Books & Out of Mesopotamia published by Akashic Books --------- 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…
Find out more »Under the Dome: Paul Celan at 100 Celebration
a reading and discussion of the great Romanian-born poet Paul Celan on the occasion of his 100th birthday with Judith Butler, Fady Joudah, and more guests TBD hosted by Robert Kaufman Event is free, but registration is required. (CLICK HERE) to register (Link to be posted soon)
Find out more »December 2020
Derek McCormack and Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
A Semiotexte Books Double Bill with two razor-sharp writers of fiction celebrating the the release of two new novels Castle Faggot - by Derek McCormack - Afterword by Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley A dark satire about an amusement park more deranged than anything Disney could imagine: a playland for gay men called Faggotland. and The Freezer Door - by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore A meditation on the trauma and possibility of searching for connection in a world…
Find out more »TWW Workshop – Holiday Party
Holiday Party details - More Information to come. An open workshop for writers of any genre, meets every other Tuesday but check this calendar for exact dates or our Facebook page.
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