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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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Douglas Kearney
City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Sunday, October 2, 2016, 5:00 p.m.
celebrating the release of
Buck Studies
from Fence Books
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Rabih Alameddine
City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Tuesday, October 4, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
celebrating the release of
The Angel of History
from Atlantic Monthly Press
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Alexander Maksik
City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Wednesday, October 5, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
celebrating the release of
Shelter in Place
from Europa Editions
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The Barnstones @ City Lights
City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Thursday, October 6, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
A rare evening with the entire Barnstone clan: Aliki, Tony, and Willis. They will be reading excerpts from both new and old poetry and prose.
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An evening with Masande Ntshanga
City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 6:00 p.m.
reading from his acclaimed new novel
The Reactive
from Two Dollar Radio
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LitQuakes Barbary Coast Awards
Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave. San Francisco, CA 94102
Thursday, October 13th, 8:00PM
honoring
Maxine Hong Kingston, Alejandro Murguía, Jewelle Gomez, Michael Krasny, City Lights' own Paul Yamazaki, Justin Chin, & more.
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WORD/JAZZ with Chinaka Hodge & Friends
Doc's Lab, 124 Columbus Ave San Francisco, CA, 94133 (Admission: $20)
Fri, October 14, 2016 Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
with Chinaka Hodge, devorah major, RyanNicole and the Broun Fellinis
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Tuesday, October 18th, 7pm!!!
at City Lights Bookstore
celebrating the release of
Breaking Through Power: It's Easier Than We Think,
published by City Lights Books. Introduced by Matt Gonzalez.
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An evening with Lidija Dimkovska
City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Wednesday, October 19, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
reading from her new novel
A Spare Life
published by Two Lines Press
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Okey Ndibe
City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Thursday, October 20, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
celebrating the release of
Never Look An American In The Eye: A Memoir of Flying Turtles, Colonial Ghosts, and the Making of a Nigerian American
from Soho Press
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Keramet Reiter
City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Tuesday, October 25, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
discussing her new book
23/7: Pelican Bay Prison and the Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement
from Yale University Press
Co-sponsored by Uncommon Law
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Molotov Editions Kick-Off Party
City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Wednesday, October 26, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
Celebrating the release of new books from
Robert Mailer Anderson and Domenic Stansberry
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Lost Profiles: A Parisian Dada Salon
San Francisco, CA: Mechanics' Institute Library Wednesday, November 9th, 6:00PM
Release Party for Lost Profiles: Memoirs of Cubism, Dada, and Surrealism, by Philippe Soupault, published by City Lights Books. With editor Garett Caples, translator and poet Alan Bernheimer
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Dada World Fair 2016
City Lights Booksellers & Publishers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Tuesday, November 1 through Saturday, November 12, 2016
A 100th anniversary celebration of DADA
with film screenings, installations, lectures, roundtables, and performances
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David Sax
City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco
Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
discussing his new book
The Revenge of the Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter
from Public Affairs Books
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devorah major
City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Wednesday, November 16, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
celebrating the release of her new book of poetry
and then we became
published by City Lights Books
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Michael McClure
City Lights Thursday, November 17, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
celebrating the release of his new collection of poetry
Mephistos and Other Poems
published by City Lights!
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Alice: Memoirs of a Barbary Coast Prostitute WALKING TOUR
Begins at 3rd and Market Street and ends up at City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue
Saturday, November 19, 2016, 12 Noon, Sign up required, space limited. Sign up at front counter of City Lights
A walking tour celebrating the release of
Alice: Memoirs of a Barbary Coast Prostitute
Edited by Ivy Anderson and Devon Angus
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Wild Man: A Discussion of the Life and Death of Jack London (1876-1916)
Canessa Gallery, 708 Montgomery Street @ Washington,
San Francisco, CA 94111
Tuesday, November 22, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
with Jonah Raskin, Susan Nuernberg, Geoffrey Dunn and Tarnel Abbott, Jack London's great granddaughter
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Eavan Boland with Ari Banias
City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco
Tuesday, November 29, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
Celebrating the release of two new books of poetry
both published by W.W. Norton
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John Freeman
City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Wednesday, November 30, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
celebrating the release of
Freeman's: Family: The Best New Writing on Family
published by Grove Press
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Larry Bogad on Tactical Performance
City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco
Thursday, December 1, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
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Jim Nisbet
City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Tuesday, December 6, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
celebrating the paperback release of
The Syracuse Codex
published by The Overlook Press
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Rebecca Solnit
City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco
Wednesday, December 7, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
celebrating the release of
Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas
from University of California Press
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Sarah Jaffe
City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco
Wednesday, December 14, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
discussing her new book
Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt
from Public Affairs Books
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