City Lights Readings and Events

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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Shoot An Iraqi
Wafaa Bilal, Kari Lydersen

Sunday, February 17, TBA
Starr Auditorium, Bankside; London, UK

Blown Up: Gaming and War
Gallery 101; Ottawa, Canada


The Meaning of Freedom
Angela Y. Davis

Monday, February 18th, 7:00 pm
Montreal, PQ: Frobruary Foundation

Friday, March 1st, 6:30 - 8:00pm
Oakland, CA: Marcus Books


Wednesday, February 27th, 11:00 A.M.
San Francisco City College; San Francisco, CA


San Francisco Chinatown
Philip P. Choy

Wednesday, February 27th, 11:00 A.M.
San Francisco City College; San Francisco, CA


National Insecurity
Melvin A. Goodman

Wednesday, March 6th, 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m
Hempstead, NY: Hofstra University

Monday, March 18th, 4-6pm
Washington DC: Washington Institute for Foreign Policy


Sister Spit
Michelle Tea

Thursday, March 7th, 7:00 pm
San Francisco, CA: California College of the Arts

Sunday, March 31st, 2:00 pm
San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Public Library


Hello, I'm Special
Hal Niedzviecki

Saturday, March 9th, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Austin, TX: South by Southwest (SXSW)

Sunday, March 10, 6-8 pm
Austin, TX: 5604 Manor


A Time of Angels
Homero Aridjis

Thursday, March 14th, 5:00 P.M.
Seton Hall University; South Orange, NJ


Cha-Ching!
Ali Liebegott

Thursday, March 7th, 7:00 pm
San Francisco, CA: California College of the Arts

Monday, March 18th, 7:00 pm
San Francisco, CA: Venue TBD


The End of San Francisco
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

Friday, March 29th, 7:00 pm
Seattle, WA: Elliott Bay Bookstore

Monday, April 1st, 7:30 pm
Portland, OR: Powell's City of Books


Citizens of the Empire
Robert Jensen

Friday, April 12-13, 2013, TBA
Seattle, WA

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
1345 Philomena Street, Austin, TX


Winged Shoes and a Shield
Don Bajema

Friday, April 19th 2013, 8pm
New York, NY: Cabinet of Wonders


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


Weaponizing Anthropology
David H. Price

David Price
City Light Bookstore, San Francisco
Sunday, March 3, 2013, 5:00 P.M.

discussing

Weaponizing Anthropology

from AK Press



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



The Beautifully Worthless
Ali Liebegott

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!



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



The End of San Francisco
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

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!



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