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Readings at the Bookstore
City Lights has an ongoing series of readings and events, usually at least one or two each week. Our online calendar is updated regularly, but if you want to be sure not to miss out on anything, be sure to sign up for our Events Newsletter to receive weekly updates on what's happening at the bookstore.
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Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public and take place at City Lights Bookstore | 261 Columbus Avenue | San Francisco, CA 94133
For more information, call us at 415-362-8193 | Map & Directions
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Check out our new podcast series, "Live From City Lights"-- broadcasting events, interviews, and reviews from City Lights Books & Publishers.
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Daniel Levin Becker in conversation with Scott Esposito
City Lights Boosktore, San Francisco, California Tueday, February 19, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
celebrating the relase of
La Boutique Obscure: 124 Dreams by Georges Perec
translated by Daniel Levin Becker
published by Melville House
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The Fight Song Show (with Josh Mohr & friends)
50-A Bannam Alley, North Beach, San Francisco (tickets available through City Lights Bookstore) Thursday, February 21, 2013, Doors @ 7 pm, Performance @ 7:30 pm
A performance in four acts celebrating the release of
Fight Song: A Novel
with Josh Mohr and friends
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Victor LaValle
City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
reading from The Devil In Silver and other writings
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Success & Failure at The Odd Fellows Hall with Stewart Home
The Odd Fellows Hall, 26 7th Street, (between Market St & Stevenson St), San Francisco, CA 94103 Thursday, February 28, 2013, Doors 7:00 P.M., Event commences 7:30 P.M.
City Lights in conjunction with Penny-Ante Editions and Janey Smith's 851 Reading Series present
an evening with Stewart Home
accompanied by Jarrett Kobek and John Tottenham
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David Price
City Light Bookstore, San Francisco Sunday, March 3, 2013, 5:00 P.M.
discussing
Weaponizing Anthropology
from AK Press
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Chavisa Woods
City Light Bookstore, San Francisco Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
reading from her new novel
The Albino Album
from Seven Stories Press
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Roger Hobbs reading from GHOSTMAN
City Light Bookstore, San Francisco Thursday, March 7, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
celebrating the release of his acclaimed new thriller from Knopf Books
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Sam Lipsyte @ Tosca Cafe
Tosca Cafe, 242 Columbus Ave. SF, CA 94133, 21 & over, please Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
in conversation with Joshua Mohr
as part of Litquake's Epicenter Reading Series
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Terry Tempest Williams
City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco Thursday, March 14, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
reading from the paperback release of
When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice
from Picador Books
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Exitstencil Press Night @ City Lights
City Light Bookstore, San Francisco Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
with Gee Vaucher & Penny Rimbaud
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David McConnell
City Light Bookstore, San Francisco Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
discussing his new book
American Honor Killings: Desire and Rage Among Men
published by Akashic Books
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An evening with Richard Hell
City Light Bookstore, San Francisco Monday, March 25, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
reading from his new biography
I Dreamed I was A Very Clean Tramp
from Ecco
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Ali Liebegott's Book Party at City Lights!
City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
celebrating
Cha-Ching! and The Beautifully Worthless
the latest in the City Lights/Sister Spit series!
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Douglas Rushkoff
City Light Bookstore, San Francisco Thursday, April 4, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
discussing his new book
Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now
from Penguin Books
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Lee Fang
City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
discussing his new book
The Machine: A Field Guide to the Resurgent Right
from The New Press
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Ian Svenonius discusses Supernatural Strategies in Popular Music
City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
celebrating the release of
Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock 'n' Roll Group: a how-to guide (with illustrations)
from Akashic Books
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B. Ruby Rich
City Light Bookstore, San Francisco Thursday, April 18, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
discussing her new book
New Queer Cinema: The Director's Cut
published by Duke Univesity press
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Dieter Hagenbach and Lucius Werthmuller discussing the life & work of Albert Hofmann
City Light Bookstore, San Francisco Sunday, April 21, 2013, 5:00 P.M.
presented in conjunction with Synergetic Press & MAPS
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Joyce Carol Oates
City Lights Boosktore, San Francisco, California Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
reading from
The Accursed
publihed by Harper Collins
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Tosh Berman on his love affair with SPARKS
City Light Bookstore, San Francisco Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
celebrating the release of
Sparks-Tastic: 21 Albums and 21 Nights in London with Sparks
from Barnacle Books
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Tuesday, April 30th, 7:00 pm
San Francisco, CA: City Lights Bookstore
Mattilda returns to San Francisco to tell us how it will all end, and we can't wait! Join us!
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Thursday, May 2, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco
with Bill Berkson and Richard O. Moore
celebrating the work of Frank O'Hara
the re-release of
Poems Retrieved
published by City Lights/Grey Fox
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Nathaniel Rich
City Light Bookstore, San Francisco Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
reading from his new book
Odds Against Tomorrow
from Farrar, Straus, & Giroux
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Fiamma Montezemolo & Josh Kun celebrate the release of Tijuana Dreaming: Life and Art at the Global Border
City Light Bookstore, San Francisco Thursday, May 9, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
with guest readers Heriberto Yepez, Tarek Elhaik, and Donna Conwell
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco
Lisa Jarnot reading from
Joie de Vivre (Selected Poems 1992-2012)
from City Lights Spotlight Series
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Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society LAUNCH PARTY !
City Lights Boosktore, San Francisco, California Thursday, May 16, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
An evening of irreverent antics
with Kevin Evans, Carrie Galbraith, John Law and friends
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Eduardo Galeano
City Lights Boosktore, San Francisco, California Sunday, May 19, 2013, 5:00 P.M.
reading from
Children Of The Days: A Calendar of Human History
from Nation Books
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Jaron Lanier
City Lights Boosktore, San Francisco, California Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
discussing his new book
Who Owns the Future?
from Simon & Schuster
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Alysia Abbott
City Light Bookstore, San Francisco Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
discussing the subject of her new book
Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father
from W. W. Norton & Company
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Dawn Bohulano Mabalon
City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
celebrating the release of
Little Manila Is in the Heart
from Duke University Press
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