Calendar of Events
Sunday, January 19, 2025, 3:00 pm PST (Event Passed)
Brandon Shimoda – BOOK LAUNCH – The Afterlife Is Letting Go
City Lights and Tsuru for Solidarity celebrate the publication of The Afterlife Is Letting Go - by Brandon Shimoda - published by City Lights Books - Brandon Shimoda will read from his work
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 6:00 pm PST
Mary Frances Phillips / Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins
City Lights and NYU Press present Mary Frances Phillips in conversation with Jennifer MacKenzie discussing the new book Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins - By Mary Frances Phillips - Published by NYU Press
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Thursday, January 23, 2025, 7:00 pm PST
Ivan Argüelles Memorial Tribute
Hosted by Solomon Rino with Will Alexander, Marilla Argüelles, Alexander Argüelles, Sharon Doubiago, Jack Foley, Rafael Jesús González , Andrew Joron, and Armando Rendón
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Monday, January 27, 2025, 7:00 pm PST
Craig Clevenger in conversation with Claire Phillips
City Lights and Datura Books celebrate the re-publication of "The Contortionist's Handbook" - by Craig Clevenger - published by Datura Books
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Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 7:00 pm PST
Julia Kornberg in conversation with Mauro Javier Cárdenas
City Lights celebrates the publication of Berlin Atomized - By Julia Kornberg - Published by Astra House
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Thursday, January 30, 2025, 7:00 pm PST
Jathan Sadowski / The Mechanic and the Luddite
Jathan Sadowski in conversation with Brian Merchant and Edward Ongweso Jr discussing the new book The Mechanic and the Luddite: A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism - By Jathan Sadowski - Published by University of California Press
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Monday, February 3, 2025, 7:00 pm PST
Gloria Frym
City Lights and BlazeVox Books celebrate the publication of Lies & More Lies - by Gloria Frym - Published by BlazeVOX
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Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 6:00 pm PST
Cybele Lyle and Jocelyn Saidenberg with Erin Wilson
City Lights and Kelsey Street Press celebrate the publication of IF AN ELSEWHERE (The Burrow) - by Jocelyn Saidenberg (text) and Cybele Lyle (art) - Published by Kelsey Street Press
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Thursday, February 6, 2025, 7:00 pm PST
Kareem James Abu-Zeid
City Lights and The Center for the Art of Translation celebrate the publication of No One Will Know You Tomorrow: Selected Poems, 2014-2024 - by Najwan Darwish, Translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid - published by Yale University Press
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Monday, February 10, 2025, 6:00 pm PST
Making and Breaking the Lyric: Four Poets Engage the Polis
Bay Area poets Rolando André López, Denise Newman, Dean Rader, and Sarah Rosenthal read inventive new work that probes issues from the environmental crisis to the precarity of embodiment.
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Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 6:00 pm PST
Sarah Chihaya in conversation with Andrea Long Chu
City Lights celebrates the publication of Bibliophobia: A Memoir - By Sarah Chihaya - Published by Random House
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Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 6:00 pm PST
Yael Valencia Aldana in conversation with Jennifer Maritza McCauley
City Lights and University of Kentucky Press celebrate the publication of Black Mestiza: Poems - by Yael Valencia Aldana - Published by The University Press of Kentucky (as part of the University Press of Kentucky New Poetry & Prose Series)
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Saturday, February 22, 2025, 11:00 am PST
Jon Savage / The Secret Public: How Music Moved Queer Culture From The Margins To The Mainstream
Jon Savage in conversation with Josh Cheon (Dark Entries Records) - City Lights and Liveright Books celebrate the publication of The Secret Public: How Music Moved Queer Culture From The Margins To The Mainstream - by Jon Savage - Published by Liveright Books
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