City Lights Books
@CityLightsBooks
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A landmark independent bookstore & publisher that specializes in world literature, the arts, & progressive politics. | RIP LF: 1919-2021
San Francisco, CA
Joined September 2008
Events this week at City Lights! 💥 TONIGHT 5/12, 7pm Arthur Sze with @carolmoldaw
@CopperCanyonPrs 💥 5/13, 7pm @PatThomas1964 with Steve Wasserman @fantagraphics 💥 5/15, 7pm @emilymbender & @alexhanna with @kharijohnson
@HarperCollins Info & register: https://t.co/S4PSk59sZ0
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This weekend, we're thrilled to cohost a workshop with Gray Area featuring Luis Felipe R. Murillo, @erin_mc_elroy, and Paul Schweizer! Join us at Gray Area at 1pm on Sunday! Register here—it's free: https://t.co/y4FCQ6evek
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This evening, @sarahschulman3 and @caroderobertis join us at City Lights to discuss THE FANTASY AND NECESSITY OF SOLIDARITY [@penguinusa] 🔹🐦⬛🔸 Come into the bookstore! Or join us on Zoom: https://t.co/Jefimy2wuj
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7 PM Thursday May 22 at Pegasus Books: Dick Cluster, whose translation of Gabriela Alemán's novel SMOKE is now available to preorder from City Lights @PegasusBooks @CityLightsBooks @uglyducklingprs
https://t.co/6cHCwthKgM
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Palestinian poet @MosabAbuToha has just won a Pulitzer Prize for his writing on Gaza. He says it's a bittersweet moment that he cannot fully celebrate due to the ongoing and intensifying Israeli genocide. "This honor has brought to me tears and joy," he says.
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Visited the terrific @CityLightsBooks in SFO again. Which other bookstore becomes a gathering place for readers, writers, artists, and activists, puts out calls to read all over, and has a 'Free Thinkers' section in the children's aisle?
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If you're in the Bay Area, come celebrate the publication of Haroldo de Campos' GALÁXIAS with translator Odile Cisneros, at Pegasus Books 7 PM Thursday May 22 @PegasusBooks
@CityLightsBooks @uglyducklingprs
https://t.co/6cHCwthKgM
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TONIGHT's event is online only! Register for the book talk here: https://t.co/Qloo2AYsUX Can't wait to see you on Zoom! @jonvhickey
@simonschuster
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If you can't make it into the bookstore, register for the livestream here! https://t.co/JMQ33Vp7sU
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I have just won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. Let it bring hope Let it be a tale
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Congratulations to @MosabAbuToha, WINNER of the PULITZER PRIZE, Commentary, as a contributor to The New Yorker ♥️
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This week @ City Lights LIVE! 🟣 5/6, 7pm: @HZeavin w/ Juliana Spahr @mitpress 🔶 5/7, 6pm: @jonvhickey w/ Tomas Moniz @simonschuster 🟦 5/8, 7pm: @sarahschulman3 w/ @caroderobertis
@PenguinBooks 🩷 5/11, 1pm: Workshop w/ Luis Felipe R. Murillo, @erin_mc_elroy,Paul Schweizer
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''First, I must apologize to the souls of the house." Join us for a reading from the poem "The Chicago Prairie Fire" by San Francisco Poet Laureate and Windham-Campbell Prize recipient Tongo Eisen-Martin. #WindhamCampbellPrize2025 @CityLightsBooks
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Join City Lights Live! on Zoom at 6pm PT! 🌸 We'll be talking with @urs_pike and Sara Calvosa Olson to celebrate Ursula Pike's new book, AN INDIAN AMONG LOS INDÍGENAS: A Native Travel Memoir [@heydaybooks] in less than 40 minutes! Link to register: https://t.co/zI6Z7Pu98m
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Starting at 7pm PT! John M. Efron will be in conversation with Steven J. Zipperstein to discuss Efron's new book, ALL CONSUMING: Germans, Jews, and the Meaning of Meat [@stanfordpress] Join us in the bookstore or tune into the livestream! https://t.co/u726jNGi1Q
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This #NationalPoetryMonth, support publishers & poets by buying their books! We’ve put together a reading list with new titles from our partners, sponsors & advertisers, including @changes_press @CityLightsBooks @CopperCanyonPrs @eccobooks @FourWayBooks @FulcrumBooks
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Ryan Coogler's new film "Sinners" builds on a rich tradition of Black Vampire narratives, including Jewelle Gomez's THE GILDA STORIES, published by City Lights. https://t.co/zOuIQvPAbA
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💫 Happening tonight at 7pm PT! 💫 @marthasjones_ discusses her new book, THE TROUBLE OF COLOR: An American Family Memoir with Dylan C. Penningroth Join us in the bookstore or on the livestream! Register here to watch from home: https://t.co/vDo5W6BoQ7
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It’s real, it’s happening—Colin Greenwood is hitting the road for the How to Disappear book tour! 📖 Come check it out—cities, dates, and details here: https://t.co/26t9psb4t2 ✨ Don't miss it! #radiohead #colingreenwood #booktour
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