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City Lights Readings and Events
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Our weekly reading series at the bookstore features new authors from across the publishing world. Across the nation, our authors are constantly on tour. Below are short listings for both events at the store, and authors on the road. For more information, click onto the event title.
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Wednesday, February 27th, 11:00 A.M.
San Francisco City College; San Francisco, CA
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
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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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
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
The Devil in Silver
Victor LaValle
Victor LaValle
City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
reading from The Devil In Silver and other writings
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
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
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
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
When Women Were Birds
Terry Tempest Williams
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
Exitstencil Press Night @ City Lights
City Light Bookstore, San Francisco Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
with Gee Vaucher & Penny Rimbaud
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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