Events

All of our events and programs are supported and hosted by the City Lights Foundation, dedicated to sustaining a vibrant community of readers, writers, and independent thinkers. Click on the listings below to learn more about each event, and sign up here to receive our weekly calendar!

Calendar of Events

Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 6:00 pm PST

Victoria Nelson in conversation with Rob Sean Wilson

The author of The Secret Life of Puppets and Gothicka celebrates her debut novel, a supernatural thriller set in the 1970s in a certain West Marin coastal town crawling with poets.

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021, 6:00 pm PST

Truong Tran - Book Launch for BOOK OF THE OTHER: Small In Comparison

City Lights and Kaya Press celebrate the release of Truong Tran's new book BOOK OF THE OTHER: SMALL IN COMPARISON

Virtual
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Thursday, December 2, 2021, 6:00 pm PST

Susan Daitch with Eugene Lim

Join Susan Daitch in conversation with Eugene Lim discussing their new novels Siege of Comedians and Search History

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Saturday, December 4, 2021, 11:00 am PST

City Lights celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Seagull Books with special guests Naveen Kishore joined by Nancy Naomi Carlson, Alain Mabanckou, and Khal Torabully. Hosted by Peter Maravelis and Paul Yamazaki of City Lights

Virtual
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Sunday, December 5, 2021, 12:00 pm PST

Hervé Le Tellier in conversation with Daniel Levin Becker

Hervé Le Tellier discussing his new novel The Anomaly: A Novel published by The Other Press. Winner of the Goncourt Prize and now an international phenomenon, this dizzying, whip-smart novel blends crime, fantasy, sci-fi, and thriller as it plumbs the mysteries surrounding a Paris-New York flight.

Virtual
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Tuesday, December 7, 2021, 6:00 pm PST

Poor Books/ Prensa POBRE Celebration

POOR BOOKS celebrates their 2021 fall releases with Audrey CandyCorn, Ingrid DeLeon, Lisa Ganser, Angel Heart, Muteado Silencio. and Val Vera. Hosted by Lisa Gray Gracia and Tongo Eisen Martin

Virtual
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Wednesday, December 8, 2021, 6:00 pm PST

Nancy Perloff in conversation with Antonio Sergio Bessa

A significant new collection of concrete poetry that redefines what this unique literary movement means today.

Virtual
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Thursday, December 9, 2021, 6:00 pm PST

Christopher W. Shaw in conversation with Ralph Nader

Celebrating the release of First Class, published by City Lights, which investigates the essential role that the postal system plays in American democracy and how the corporate sector has attempted to destroy it.

Virtual
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Monday, December 13, 2021, 2:00 pm PST

Eduardo Berti with Daniel Levin Becker

City Lights in conjunction with Fern Books present Eduardo Berti reading from his new novel An Ideal Presence

Virtual
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Tuesday, December 14, 2021, 6:00 pm PST

Amitav Ghosh in conversation with Raj Patel

In his ambitious successor to The Great Derangement, acclaimed writer Amitav Ghosh finds the origins of our contemporary climate crisis in Western colonialism's violent exploitation of human life and the natural environment.

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