Calendar of Events
Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 7:00 pm PST
Elwin Cotman in conversation with Lisa D. Gray
Elwin Cotman reads from Weird Black Girls: Stories published by Scribner
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Thursday, April 18, 2024, 7:00 pm PST
Ana Raquel Minian
Ana Raquel Minian in conversation with Irma Herrera discuss In the Shadow of Liberty: The Invisible History of Immigrant Detention in the United States - By Ana Raquel Minian - Published by Viking
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Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 12:00 pm PST
Lisa Jarnot with Chris Nealon
City Lights and Wave Books present Lisa Jarnot and Chris Nealon reading from new work - Lisa Jarnot celebrates the publication of Four Lectures published by Wave Books - Chris Nealon celebrates the publication of All About You also published by Wave Books
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 7:00 pm PST
Greg Sarris in conversation with Blaise Zerega
City Lights, ALTA Journal, and Heyday Books celebrate the publication of The Forgetters: stories - by Greg Sarris - published by Heyday Books
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Thursday, April 25, 2024, 7:00 pm PST
Joel Gion / In the Jingle Jangle Jungle
City Lights in conjunction with Rare Bird Lit present Joel Gion celebrating the publication of In the Jingle Jangle Jungle: Keeping Time with the Brian Jonestown Massacre - published by Rare Bird Lit
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Saturday, April 27, 2024, 11:00 am PST
Voluptuous Life: A Tribute to the Life and Work of Mel Gordon
City Lights, Morbid Curiosity, and Strange Attractor Press present an afternoon in appreciation of the life and work of Mel Gordon - Moderated by Joanna Ebenstein and Peter Maravelis with Maer Ben-Yisreal, Russell Blackwood, Ati Citron, J. Hoberman, Allison Lovejoy, La Pustra, Mark Pilkington, Jill Tracy, and Christina Ward - In celebration of the posthumous publication of Cabarets of Death: Death, Dance and Dining in Early Twentieth-Century Paris - by Mel Gordon - Edited by Joanna Ebenstein - Published by Strange Attractor Press
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Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 7:00 pm PST
Angela Garcia
City Lights and Farrar, Straus, Giroux celebrate the launch of The Way That Leads Among the Lost: Life, Death, and Hope in Mexico City's Anexos - By Angela Garcia - Published by Farrar, Straus, Giroux
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024, 7:00 pm PST
Paul Yamazaki in conversation with Oscar Villalon
City Lights and Ode Books celebrate the publication of Reading the Room: A Bookseller's Tale - By Paul Yamazaki, (Foreword by Rick Simonson) - Published by Ode Books
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Thursday, May 2, 2024, 7:00 pm PST
Jakuta Alikavazovic in conversation with Anna Wiener
City Lights, Fern Books, Center for the Art of Translation, and Villa Albertine San Francisco celebrate the publication of Like a Sky Inside - by Jakuta Alikavazovic - translated from the French by Daniel Levin Becker - published by Fern Books
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Monday, May 6, 2024, 7:00 pm PST
A Nostalgia for English: Rethinking Language, Refiguring the Discipline
City Lights in conjunction with Department of English/University of San Francisco, Department of English/Dominican University of California, Fordham University Press, and Stanford University Press present A Nostalgia for English: Rethinking Language, Refiguring the Discipline - Amy R. Wong in conversation with Christopher Rovee, moderated by Omar F Miranda - Free to the Public
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Tuesday, May 7, 2024, 7:00 pm PST
Rusty Morrison with Maw Shein Win
City Lights and Black Ocean Books present Rusty Morrison celebrating the launch of her new collection Risk - Published by Black Ocean
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Thursday, May 9, 2024, 7:00 pm PST
Jordan Elgrably
Jordan Elgrably in conversation with Sarah AlKahly-Mills - City Lights celebrates the publication of Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction - Edited by Jordan Elgrably - published by City Lights Books
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Saturday, May 11, 2024, 12:00 pm PST
Debbie Hines
City Lights and The MIT Press celebrate the publication of Get Off My Neck: Black Lives, White Justice, and a Former Prosecutor's Quest for Reform - by Debbie Hines -Published by The MIT Press
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Monday, May 13, 2024, 6:00 pm PST
Spoken Arts Senior Night
City Lights in conjunction with Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts present - An evening of readings and discussion with the students of the Spoken Arts Program - Moderated by the program director Ms. CiCi
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Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 7:00 pm PST
Zyzzyva Issue 127 Launch Celebration
Join City Lights in celebrating another fine issue from San Francisco's premier journal of letters - Moderated by Oscar Villalon with appearances by James Cagney, Rose Himber Howse, and Hannah Kingsley-Ma
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Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 7:00 pm PST
Hari Kunzru
City Lights and Alfred A. Knopf celebrate the publication of BLUE RUIN - By Hari Kunzru - published by Alfred A. Knopf
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Thursday, May 16, 2024, 7:00 pm PST
Robert Mailer Anderson
City Lights and Fantagraphics celebrate the launch of My Fairy Godfather - Text by Robert Mailer Anderson - Illustrations by Jon Sack - published by Fantagraphics
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Monday, May 20, 2024, 7:00 pm PST
Neeli Cherkovski (CANCELLED)
It is with deep sadness and regret that we announce Neeli Cherkovski died on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. We hope to schedule an event in the near future which offers an appreciation of his work. Please keep your eye on our event calendar and social media for more details as they arise. City Lights expresses its condolences to Neeli's friends and family.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 7:00 pm PST
K-Ming Chang
K-Ming Chang in conversation with Jemimah Wei - City Lights and Coffee House Press celebrate the publication of Cecilia - by K-Ming Chang - Published by Coffee House Press
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 7:00 pm PST
Kit Schluter with Garrett Caples – Book Launch Party
Kit Schulter celebrates the publication of Cartoons published by City Lights - and - Garrett Caples celebrates the publication of Proses: Incomparable Parables! Fabulous Fables! Cruel Tales! published by Wave Books
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Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 6:00 pm PST
Lindsey Dillon / Toxic City: Redevelopment and Environmental Justice in San Francisco
City Lights in conjunction with San Francisco Bay Chapter Physicians for Social Responsibility present Lindsey Dillon discussing her new book Toxic City: Redevelopment and Environmental Justice in San Francisco - published by University of California Press
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Thursday, May 30, 2024, 7:00 pm PST
Launch Party for Gil Cuadros’ MY BODY IS PAPER
Co-sponsored by the SF LGBT Center - An evening with Kevin Martin, Rafael Pérez-Torres and Amy Scholder- with an opening statement by Greyson Wright from the SF LGBT Center - City Lights celebrates the publication of My Body Is Paper: Stories and Poems - by Gil Cuadros (Edited by Pablo Alvarez, Kevin Martin, Rafael Pérez-Torres, and Terry Wolverton) - Foreword by Justin Torres - Published by City Lights Books
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Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 6:00 pm PST
Trevor Paglen in conversation with Anthony Downey
City Lights and Sternberg Press celebrate the publication of Trevor Paglen: Adversarially Evolved Hallucinations - by Trevor Paglen - Edited by Anthony Downey - Published by Sternberg Press/via The MIT Press
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Thursday, July 11, 2024, 6:00 pm PST
Chukwuebuka Ibeh in conversation with francesca ekwuyasi
City Lights and Doubleday Books celebrate the publication of Blessings: a novel - By Chukwuebuka Ibeh - Published by Doubleday
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Tuesday, July 16, 2024, 12:00 pm PST
Yanis Varoufakis
City Lights and Melville House present Yanis Varoufakis discussing his new book Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism - published by Melville House
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Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 6:00 pm PST
Erin McElroy / Silicon Valley Imperialism
The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project, City Lights, and Duke University Press present Erin McElroy in conversation with Chris Carlsson, Manissa M. Maharawal, Toshio Meronek, and Lisa Rofel celebrating the publication of Silicon Valley Imperialism: Techno Fantasies and Frictions in Postsocialist Times - By Erin McElroy - Published by Duke University Press
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Saturday, July 20, 2024, 11:00 am PST
Poetry in the Age of Machine Intelligence
Black Ocean Books and City Lights celebrate the publication of I Create Like the Word: Poetry in the Age of Machine Intelligence - Curated by Jesse Damiani, promptcraft by Alexander Reben - Published by Black Ocean
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Monday, July 22, 2024, 6:00 pm PST
Premal Dharia and Maria Hawilo / Dismantling Mass Incarceration
City Lights and Farrar Straus Giroux celebrate the publication of Dismantling Mass Incarceration: A Handbook for Change - Edited by Premal Dharia, James Forman Jr., and Maria Hawilo- Published by FSG Originals - Premal Dharia and Maria Hawilo in conversation. Moderated by Josie Duffy Rice
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Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 6:00 pm PST
Satsuki Ina in conversation with Brandon Shimoda
City Lights and Heyday Books celebrate the publication of The Poet and the Silk Girl: A Memoir of Love, Imprisonment, and Protest - By Satsuki Ina - Published by Heyday Books
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Wednesday, July 24, 2024, 6:00 pm PST
DW Gibson / One Week to Change the World
City Lights celebrates the publication of One Week to Change the World: An Oral History of the 1999 WTO Protests - By DW Gibson - Published by Simon & Schuster
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Tuesday, July 30, 2024, 6:00 pm PST
Bushra Rehman in conversation with May-lee Chai
Bushra Rehman and May-lee Chai discuss Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion - by Bushra Rehman - published by Flatiron Books
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Wednesday, July 31, 2024, 6:00 pm PST
Daniel Borzutzky in conversation with Ricardo Alberto Maldonado
City Lights and Coffee House Press celebrate the publication of The Murmuring Grief of the Americas - By Daniel Borzutzky - Published by Coffee House Press
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Tuesday, August 6, 2024, 6:00 pm PST
Paul S. Hirsch/Pulp Empire: The Secret History of Comic Book Imperialism
Paul S. Hirsch discusses his new book Pulp Empire: The Secret History of Comic Book Imperialism - Published by University of Chicago Press - Winner of the Popular Culture Association’s Ray and Pat Browne Award for Best Book in Popular or American Culture
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Thursday, August 8, 2024, 6:00 pm PST
Dinaw Mengestu in conversation with Eirinie Carson
City Lights and Alfred A Knopf celebrate the publication of Someone Like Us: A novel - By Dinaw Mengestu - Published by Alfred A Knopf
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Sunday, August 11, 2024, 12:00 pm PST
Dancing with the Dead: Red Pine and the Art of Translation
The Roxie Theater together with City Lights, Copper Canyon Press, and the San Francisco Zen Center present Dancing with the Dead: Red Pine and the Art of Translation - A Film by Ward Serrill - Produced by Rocky Friedman - Tickets available through The Roxie Theater. Link to be posted soon.
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Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 6:00 pm PST
Women & Psychedelics: A Panel Discussion
City Lights, Chacruna, and Synergetic Press celebrate the publication of "Women and Psychedelics: Uncovering Invisible Voices" - Edited by Erika Dyck, Patrick Farrell, Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Ph.D., Clancy Cavnar, Psy.D., Ibrahim Gabriell, and Glauber Loures de Assis, Ph.D. - Foreword by Kathleen Harrison - Published by Synergetic Press
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Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 6:00 pm PST
Kate Gale with Helen Benedict and Denise Frost
Celebrating the publication of Under a Neon Sun (Three Rooms Press), The Good Deed, and A Punishing Breed (Red Hen Press)
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Monday, August 19, 2024, 6:00 pm PST
Stacey D’Erasmo with R.O. Kwon
City Lights and Graywolf Press celebrate the publication of The Long Run: A Creative Inquiry - By Stacey D’Erasmo -published by Graywolf Press
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Tuesday, August 20, 2024, 6:00 pm PST
Eugene Lim
Eugene Lim in conversation with Ian Drieblatt - City Lights and Coffee House Press celebrate the publication of a new edition of Fog & Car - by Eugene Lim - Published by Coffee House Press
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Sunday, August 25, 2024, 7:30 pm PST
2 Much 2 Young: The 2-Tone Records Story
City Lights, Akashic Books and The Makeout Room celebrate the publication of Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism, and the Soundtrack of a Generation - By Daniel Rachel - Published by Akashic Books
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