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A literary meetingplace since 1953, City Lights is a landmark bookstore and publishing house, known for our commitment to innovative writing and progressive ideals.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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And so #RoddyBottum speaks at @citylightsbooks.bsky.social with #BrontezPurnell — a fine night out! And also an early evening night out, which frankly I very much appreciate.
In City Lights. seated with shelves of books behind them, Roddy Bottum, in pink knit cap and blue and white buttoned shirt, speaks into a microphone while Brontez Purnell. in black Wire T-shirt, sits and looks at him on the left.
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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As mentioned yesterday, really lovely treat to see #RoddyBottum in conversation about his book _The Royal We_ with #BrontezPurnell at @citylightsbooks.bsky.social last night, and I talk about the book some more in this week's Patreon entry.
Some Weekly Music Thoughts #169 -- A Roddy Bottum Special | Ned Raggett
Get more from Ned Raggett on Patreon
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November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Roddy Bottum and Brontez Purnell join us at City Lights TONIGHT to celebrate Bottum's new memoir, THE ROYAL WE.

If you're planning on attending the livestream, please use this link: us02web.zoom.us/j/87274994936

Otherwise, we'll see you in the bookstore!
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Celebrate the publication of FRUTO: Bearing the Burden of Care with us tonight!

Daniela Rea will be joined by translator John Gibler to discuss the book.

Register for the livestream here:
citylights.com/events/danie...

If joining us in the bookstore, no registration is required!
See you soon!
November 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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We're so excited to welcome Daniela Rea from Mexico City to celebrate her English-language debut FRUTO: Bearing the Burden of Care, just published by City Lights!

This Weds Nov 19 @ 7pm she'll be in conversation with her translator, John Gibler, at City Lights. More at bit.ly/49Z42Dn
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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This week!

📚 11/18, 6:30pm PT
Andrew Hoyem w Regina Marler
RESURGENCE
In-store only

🌱 11/19, 7pm PT Daniela Rea w John Gibler
FRUTO: Bearing the Burden of Care
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👑 11/20, 7pm PT Roddy Bottum w Brontez Purnell
THE ROYAL WE
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November 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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The next episode of our podcast, LIVE! From City Lights, is up!

It features a conversation w/ author @willpotter.bsky.social about his new book, LITTLE RED BARNS: Hiding the Truth From Farm to Fable.

Give it a listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Soundcloud!

open.spotify.com/episode/0FKg...
November 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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HAPPENING TONIGHT!
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Join us in the bookstore, or register here for the livestream of our event celebrating BARGAIN WITCH: Essays in Self-Initiation
citylights.com/events/brook...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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TONIGHT! Suzette Partido joins us in the bookstore at 7pm PT to discuss her new memoir LOVE WILL SAVE US, RIGHT?

Join us in person, or register here for the livestream: citylights.com/events/suzet...
November 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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City Lights celebrates University Press Week 2025
We are hosting a panel discussion on the subject of close reading
View it here www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehZ0goJfiqY

Brought to you by the City Lights Foundation, Association of University Presses, @princetonupress.bsky.social & @sunypress.bsky.social
CITY LIGHTS LIVE! Close Reading Today - Celebrating University Press Week 2025
YouTube video by CityLightsBooks
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November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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This week!
☁️ 11/10 7pm Garrett Hongo w Brenda Hillman
OCEAN OF CLOUDS
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❤️ 11/12 7pm Suzette Partido
LOVE WILL SAVE US, RIGHT?
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🕯 11/13 7pm Brooke Palmieri w Starhawk
BARGAIN WITCH: Essays in Self-Initiation
@semiotexte.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Let's try this again. TONIGHT (11/5) is our event celebrating HOWL!

For direct access to the livestream, please use the Zoom link below:
us02web.zoom.us/j/88006325274

Or join us in person at the bookstore! Looking forward to seeing everyone.
November 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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TONIGHT! 7pm PT, Celebrating HOWL

Pat Thomas w Garrett Caples, @interbeing.bsky.social, Judy Halebsky, Rozemin Keshvani, Dennis McNally, DA Powell, Tate Swindell, & @mawsheinwin.bsky.social

To join us on Zoom, please use the link below for direct access to the event:
us02web.zoom.us/j/88006325274
November 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Happy Publication Day to devorah major!"word time" is devorah's fourth book with City Lights, and we look forward to welcoming her back to the store to celebrate this Thursday evening at 7pm.

devorah reads at Marcus Books, Oakland, on Sunday, Nov 16 at 1pm
November 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Standing room only at Morehouse tonight. An incredible book talk on Jennifer Black and Mumia Abu-Jamal’s new co-edited volume ‘Beneath the Mountain.’

Free Mumia!

www.prisonradio.org/commentary/o...

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Beneath the Mountain: An Anti-Prison Reader, by Mumia Abu-Jamal and Jennifer Black. Standing room only for a book talk at Morehouse College.
October 31, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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There's still time to register for tonight's virtual event with @citylightsbooks.bsky.social to celebrate tomorrow's publication of Feedback: Translations from the IrRational by Elliott Sharp!

Learn more here: citylights.com/events/ellio...

#ElliottSharp #music #reading
City Lights Live! presents Elliott Sharp with Jonathan Lethem. Monday, November 3 at 6 pm PT / 9 pm ET
November 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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This week I’ll be having a conversation with @honestdogbooks.bsky.social about my new book Little Red Barns, out now from @citylightsbooks.bsky.social — it’s free and you can sign up at honestdogbooks.com/events. Hope to see y’all there!
November 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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TONIGHT 11/3 6pm PT/9pm ET
Kicking off November at City Lights LIVE with Elliott Sharp and Jonathan Lethem
Celebrating FEEDBACK: Translations from the IrRational
@weslpress.bsky.social

Online only, register for the livestream here: citylights.com/events/ellio...
November 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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San Francisco / Bay Area!
The Leonard Cohen Festival is back, next week!
More details here: www.sfleonardcohenfest.com
San Francisco Leonard Cohen Festival Home Page
An autumn celebration of the words, music, and spirit of Leonard Cohen in San Francisco. Hosted by San Francisco's Conspiracy of Beards, a choir of men that sing the songs of Leonard Cohen, the SF Leo...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Trump is now attempting to fire the head of the U.S. Copyright Office in retaliation for a report that suggested some copyrighted works used to train generative AI models would likely require licensing.

action.everylibrary.org/locpetition via @everylibrary.bsky.social
PETITION: Stop Trump's Attack on the Library of Congress
We need to show that Americans will not stand for yet another attack on our institutions. Sign the petition today!
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October 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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TONIGHT (10/29) at 6pm PT/9pm ET join us on Zoom to for a conversation with author Gabriela Alemán to celebrate her new book, SMOKE, a City Lights title!

Gabriela will speak with Dick Cluster, who translated the book from Spanish.

Presented with our friends at @catranslation.org

See you there! 💨
October 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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" . . . A blind man listening to a match replay on his radio said to curious runners-by; don't hurry, the match ends with the defeat of both teams, but they didn't get the joke."
— Nasser Rabah "Dead Cats Continue to Meow" from GAZA: THE POEM SAID ITS PIECE (City Lights 2025)
October 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Register and join us online tonight to celebrate Gabriela Alemán's new novel SMOKE, translated by Dick Cluster, pub'd by City Lights

citylights.com/events/gabri...
October 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM