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• City Lights celebrated the release of San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics (published by Akashic Books) with a Valentine's Day reading inside the Tenderloin's wonderfully seedy Ha Ra Club bar. Listen to the podcast here.

Classic reprints from: Ambrose Bierce, Frank Norris, Mark Twain, Jack London, Dashiell Hammett, Fletcher Flora, Bill Pronzini, Joe Gores, Janet Dawson, Oscar Pearanda, Seth Morgan, Craig Clevenger, and others.

Peter Maravelis is a native San Franciscan with a life-long involvement in the art and literary scenes. He programs the events calendar at City Lights Bookstore and is editor of the first volume of San Francisco Noir. He's been known to occasionally moonlight with private investigators.