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Jeff VanderMeer Reading from His Novel Annihilation at City Lights!
On February 11, 2014, at City Lights Bookstore, Jeff VanderMeer read several different excerpts from his novel, Annihilation. City Lights was proud to have Jeff, as he made his way down the West Coast...
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Wave Books Party
Hosted by Wave Books Editor at Large Matthew Zapruder, with authors Garrett Caples, Anthony McCann, Hoa Nguyen, Cedar Sigo, & Rachel Zucker reading from their recent books published by...
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George Herms
George Herms celebrates the release of his new book, The River Book, at City Lights Bookstore with a guest appearance by Diane di Prima. The River Book is the first-ever comprehensive publication on...
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Of Poetry and Protest
City Lights celebrates the release of Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin, a stunning new anthology that illuminates today’s black experience through the voices of our most...
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Ralph Nader
City Lights Bookstore welcomes Ralph Nader for the release of his new book, Breaking Through Power: It’s Easier Than We Think published by City Lights Books. Elaine Katzenberger, publisher and...
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Micah Ballard and Garrett Caples
Micah Ballard and Garrett Caples both read from their new poetry collections. Michael Ballard reads from Afterlives (from Bootstrap Press) and Garrett Caples reads from Power Ballads (from Wave Books)....
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
City Lights welcomes Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, reading from and discussing his new book Birth of a Dream Weaver: A Writer’s Awakening from The New Press. Birth of a Dream Weaver charts the very beginnings of...
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Rikki Ducornet
City Lights welcomes Rikki Ducornet, reading from her new novel Brightfellow published by Coffee House Press. A feral boy comes of age on a campus decadent with starched sheets, sweating cocktails, and...
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Ryan Gattis 2
Ryan Gattis returns to City Lights, this time reading from his new novel Safe published by MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux. About Safe: Ricky ‘Ghost’ Mendoza, Jr. is trying to be good. In recovery and...
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Karen Tei Yamashita
Karen Tei Yamashita celebrating the release of her new book Letters to Memory from Coffee House Press. Letters to Memory is an excursion through the Japanese internment using archival materials from...
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Matthew Zapruder: Why Poetry
Matthew Zapruder in conversation with Oscar Villalon (executive editor Zyzzyva Magazine) celebrating the release of Why Poetry from Ecco Press. In Why Poetry, award-winning poet Matthew Zapruder takes...
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Josh Weil 2
Josh Weil reading from his new novelThe Age of Perpetual Light from Grove Press. Brilliantly hewn and piercingly observant, these are tales that speak to the all-too-human desire for advancement and...
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Cristina García
Cristina García celebrating the release of Here In Berlin: A Novel from Counterpoint Press. Here in Berlin is a portrait of a city through snapshots, an excavation of the stories and ghosts of...
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Jerome Rothenberg and Friends
Jerome Rothenberg and friends celebrating the release of Technicians of the Sacred, Third Edition: A Range of Poetries from Africa, America, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, Revised and Expanded, 50th...
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