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City Lights Bookstore was founded by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti in 1953, and became an instant gathering place for readers, writers, artists, and activists. In 1955, Ferlinghetti launched City Lights Publishers with the now-famous Pocket Poets Series. Find out how it all began.
Recently Published by City Lights
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Evan Kennedy $11.17 Add to cart
Metamorphoses: City Lights Spotlight No. 22
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Ted Berrigan $17.47 Add to cart
Get the Money!: Collected Prose (1961-1983)
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Belén Gopegui $11.87 Add to cart
Stay This Day and Night with Me
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Will Alexander $11.87 Add to cart
Divine Blue Light (for John Coltrane): Pocket Poets Series No. 63
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Joyce Chopra $12.57 Add to cart
Lady Director: Adventures in Hollywood, Television and Beyond
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Clarence Lusane $15.37 Add to cart
Twenty Dollars and Change: Harriet Tubman and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice and Democracy
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D. S. Marriott $11.17 Add to cart
Before Whiteness: City Lights Spotlight No. 21
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Gabriela Alemán $11.17 Add to cart
Family Album: Stories
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Staff Picks
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Those Bones Are Not My Child
Toni Cade Bambara $24.00 Add to cart -
Lone Women
Victor Lavalle $27.00 Add to cart -
Dawn
Sevgi Soysal $20.00 Add to cart -
The Guest Lecture
Martin Riker $17.00 Add to cart -
The Hummingbird
Sandro Veronesi $17.99 Add to cart -
Forbidden Notebook
Alba de Céspedes $26.00 Add to cart -
Something about a Bear
Jackie Morris $29.95 Add to cart -
The World and All That It Holds
Aleksandar Hemon $28.00 Add to cart -
Brotherless Night
V V Ganeshananthan $28.00 Add to cart
City Lights Merchandise & Gifts
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City Lights Classic T-shirt
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City Lights Bandana
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Howl Onesie
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City Lights Gift Card
$25.00 – $100.00 Select options