Our Series
Pocket Poets Series
In 1955, Lawrence Ferlinghetti launched City Lights Publishers with his now-legendary Pocket Poets Series. The series continues today, remaining true to Ferlinghetti’s founding vision of “an international, dissident, insurgent ferment.”
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Dino CampanaOrphic Songs
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Daisy ZamoraRiverbed of Memory
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Will AlexanderDivine Blue Light (for John Coltrane): Pocket Poets Series No. 63
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Diane di PrimaRevolutionary Letters: 50th Anniversary Edition: Pocket Poets Series No. 27
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Spotlight Series
Our Spotlight Series shines a light on the wealth of innovative American poetry being written today, featuring both established and emerging voices.
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D. S. MarriottBefore Whiteness: City Lights Spotlight No. 21
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Uche NdukaFacing You: City Lights Spotlight No. 19
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Sophia DahlinNatch: City Lights Spotlight No. 20
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Carmen Giménez SmithCruel Futures: City Lights Spotlight No. 17
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Open Media Series
The motto of our Open Media Series is “Arm Yourself With Information,” and these books are meant to inform, inspire, and potentially radicalize their readers.
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Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizLoaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment
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Stan CoxThe Path to a Livable Future: A New Politics to Fight Climate Change, Racism, and the Next Pandemic
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Christopher W. ShawFirst Class: The U.S. Postal Service, Democracy, and the Corporate Threat
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Todd MillerBuild Bridges, Not Walls: A Journey to a World Without Borders
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