Speaking Obscenity To Power: Paul Krassner Reads At City Lights
Yippie co-founder. merry prankster and satirical provocateur Paul Krassner reads from Who’s to Say What’s Obscene?: Politics, Culture and Comedy in America Today, published by City Lights Books, July...
View ArticleRenegade performance artist Penny Arcade shows off Bad Reputation
Renegade performer Penny Arcade makes a rare appearance to celebrate the release of Bad Reputation: Performances, Essays, Interviews, from Semiotext(e) A runaway at thirteen, a reform-school graduate...
View ArticleSam Lipsyte reads from The Ask: A Novel
Novelist Sam Lipsyte reads from his latest work of fiction at legendary bohemian enclave Tosca Cafe, across the street from City Lights Bookstore. In Lipsyte’s novel, The Ask, Milo Burke, a development...
View ArticlePercival Everett reads at City Lights
On Tuesday, December 13, 2011, celebrated author Percival Everett stopped by the City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco to celebrate the release of a tryptych of new books from Graywolf Press:...
View ArticleGuillermo Gómez-Peña celebrates the release of Conversations Across Borders
On Thursday, January 12, 2012, Guillermo Gómez-Peña stopped by City Lights Bookstore for an evening of performative pedagogy in celebration of his most recent publication Conversations Across Borders...
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Joined by Oscar Villalon, Paul Beatty celebrates the release of his novel, The Sellout. in conversation with Oscar Villalon celebrating the release of The Sellout from Farrar, Straus, and Giroux A...
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