Cole Swensen's latest poems "roam adventurously through nature, a hike undertaken by someone who dares delve into the minds of crows, scamper up tree trunks, or edge daringly close to the sun." Hear them read live at @citylightsbooks.bsky.social Mon/18.

Eleni Sikelianos in the Bay Area this week celebrating the publication of MEMORY REHEARSAL, published by City Lights! More info on all events: citylights.com/publishing/a...

TONIGHT Monday 5/11 we have two events to share! 6pm PT/9pm ET Linford D. Fisher w/ Paul C. Rosier STEALING AMERICA INDIGENOUS CITIZENS @wwnorton.com Register: citylights.com/events/linfo... 7pm PT Kronos Quartet w/ Poets performing HOWL Offsite at The Chapel Info: citylights.com/events/krono...

This week's LIVE! from City Lights podcast features Max Lawton & Sean Thor Conroe discussing Lawton's translation of THE BEGINNINGS by Antonio Moresco. @deepvellumbooks.bsky.social @catranslation.org @maxlawton.bsky.social Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/livefromcity...

Monday, May 11th, 7pm at The Chapel in San Francisco: Come Celebrate Allen Ginsberg's Centennial with Us!! wl.eventim.us/event/allen-...

"A Black lesbian vampire escapes slavery and spends immortality searching for meaning in this pioneering work of speculative fiction that explores themes of queer identity, race, and family." —The Brooklyn Public Library on THE GILDA STORIES, one of the 250 Most Influential Titles in U.S. History !

Front row with Molly Crabapple at @citylightsbooks.bsky.social San Francisco

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Lessons in Drag by Kareem Khubchandani, with LaWhore Vagistan, @brandeispress.bsky.social & Little Red Barns by @willpotter.bsky.social, @citylightsbooks.bsky.social. See alt-text. #DSPBposts #bookish 💙📚 #BookSky #booktok #booksta #bookstagram #booklovers

Coming up this Saturday 5/9, don't miss a special virtual symposium on the work of Léopold Sédar Senghor sponsored by @citylightsbooks.bsky.social, featuring the editors of "The Essential Senghor." buff.ly/c6QIS5i

🎉 At City Lights TONIGHT Tuesday 5/5 7pm PT ZYZZYVA Literary Magazine Issue 32 & Cinco De Mayo Celebration! @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social @ovillalon.bsky.social @anitafelicelli.bsky.social @sarahkmatsui.bsky.social In-store only! Seating on a first-come, first-serve basis, free!

Chicago! Mark your calendars . . .

A new ZYZZYVA is here and you know what that means. We’re celebrating! Join us with our friends @citylightsbooks.bsky.social for pizza, drink, and readings from 132 contributors @anitafelicelli.bsky.social + @sarahkmatsui.bsky.social + Carolyn Burke. Cinco de Mayo, 7pm Free to attend

Join us to celebrate the publication of Eleni Sikelianos's MEMORY REHEARSAL! More details at citylights.com/publishing/a...

Tonight at @citylightsbooks.bsky.social in San Francisco: @quinnslobodian.com and Ben Tarnoff with their new book, "Muskism: A Guide For The Perplexed." Quinn's deep work on "zone fever" and extreme tech politics helped spark my own. Registration closes soon! citylights.com/events/quinn...

Make plans now to attend an exciting online symposium on May 9 hosted by @citylightsbooks.bsky.social: "(Re)Reading Senghor: Poet-Politician at the Crossroads" featuring the editors of our recent translations of Senghor's work. buff.ly/Ydghl42

This week at City Lights LIVE! 🎧 TONIGHT Monday 4/27 6pm PT/9pm ET Adele Bertei with Howard Rodman NO NEW YORK: A Memoir of No Wave and the Women Who Shaped the Scene @beaconpress.bsky.social ***ONLINE ONLY*** Join us on Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/87319176919

This week our podcast features @waynekoestenbaum.bsky.social in conversation with @tausifnoor.bsky.social! Don't miss it! Up now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Soundcloud! soundcloud.com/livefromcity... open.spotify.com/episode/2O9c... MY LOVER, THE RABBI: A Novel @fsgbooks.bsky.social

Come celebrate Allen Ginsberg's centennial with us on Monday evening May 11th, 7pm at The Chapel, in San Francisco! citylights.com/events/krono...

City Lights mourns the loss of our friend and former coworker, Richard Berman. Richie worked at City Lights from the 1970s to the early 2000s, and was our store manager for most of that time. Richard Berman. January 17, 1945 — April 17, 2026

@citylightsbooks.bsky.social - Allen Ginsberg Centennial events - Kronos Quartet, Philip Glass, Bob Rosenthal & more - allenginsberg.org/2026/04/f-a-...

In the latest episode of LIVE! From City Lights, @deanrader.bsky.social sits down with Matthew Zapruder to talk about each of their new books, NOTES and HOW TO CONTINUE, both published by The Economy Press. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Soundcloud now! soundcloud.com/livefr.../de...

This Wednesday at City Lights LIVE! 🎷 4/15 6:30pm PT John Coltrane @ 100 Emory Douglas in conversation with Archbishop Franzo W. King D.D. (moderated by Dr. Nicholas Baham III) citylights.com/events/john-... Find the rest of our upcoming events here: citylights.com/events/

The latest of LIVE! From City Lights, our podcast, is up! This one features a conversation between Camille T. Dungy and Tonya M. Foster about Camille T. Dungy's AMERICA, A LOVE STORY @weslpress.bsky.social Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/livefromcity... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2RBJ...

Inspired by Rae Alexandra’s recently released book, UNSUNG HEROINES (pub'd by City Lights!), hosts Drew and Nicole share the harrowing story of Mary Kelly, aka Lucretia Henkel, on the “Outside Lands Podcast.” Kelly was a powerhouse and advocate for refugee rights after the 1906 earthquake.

title poem LUCKY CHARMS from Sunnylyn Thibodeaux's new book, published today by City Lights!

Big publishing week for #NationalPoetryMonth with #poetry #books from @wesmediaproject.bsky.social, Graywolf Press, Knopf, Nightboat Books, Wave Books, @citylightsbooks.bsky.social, Coffee House Press, BOA Editions, @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social & many more. phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

🧩 TONIGHT at City Lights LIVE! Monday 4/6 7pm PT @maxlawton.bsky.social & Sean Thor Conroe Antonio Moresco’s THE BEGINNINGS @deepvellum.bsky.social citylights.com/events/anton...

Join Professor Bridges to discuss her new book, "Expecting Inequity: How the Maternal Health Crisis Affects Even the Wealthiest Black Americans," on April 7 in a livestream hosted by @citylightsbooks.bsky.social. Register to attend: bit.ly/4bXU3O4

TONIGHT! 4/2 Poet @nolapoet.bsky.social joins us in the bookstore to discuss her City Lights Spotlight Book, “Lucky Charms: New & Selected Poems" with Andrew Joron. Join us in the bookstore, or register for the livestream here: citylights.com/events/sunny...

Guess what: we are HIRING. We have a rare opening for a part-time / on-call event host and bookseller to join our small, diverse crew of talented and curious people. 👇

April 6! Join us for a conversation between @maxlawton.bsky.social & Sean Thor Conroe about the life and work of Italian author Antonio Moresco—In-person at @citylightsbooks.bsky.social, and livestreamed on Zoom. If you want to join us online, register here: buff.ly/1OxJErP

This week’s podcast episode features a City Lights title, UNSUNG HEROINES: 35 Women Who Changed the Bay Area. Listen on Soundcloud, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts! @raealexandra.bsky.social Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/livefromcity... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6KNK...

"I have been polishing my mirror for years and years, and each year, more animals appear. . . . Do they recognize this world? Do they recognize me?" —from MEMORY REHEARSAL by Eleni Sikelianos Read an excerpt @conjunctions.bsky.social conjunctions.com/articles/ele...

🌅 TONIGHT Tuesday 3/24 7pm PT Hannah Lillith Assadi in conversation with @ingridrojasc.bsky.social PARADISO 17: A Novel [@aaknopf.bsky.social] ***In-store only, find more info here: citylights.com/events/hanna... Presented with Litquake

Celebrating Lawrence Ferlinghetti every day at City Lights, and especially this day, on his birthday. Viva Ferlinghetti! ❤️

@citylightsbooks.bsky.social - Happy Ferlinghetti Day! - from the Allen Ginsberg Project - allenginsberg.org/2026/03/t-m-...

Join us for a conversation between @maxlawton.bsky.social & Sean Thor Conroe about the life and work of Italian author Antonio Moresco, April 6! The event will be held in-person at @citylightsbooks.bsky.social, and livestreamed on Zoom. If you want to join us online, register here: buff.ly/1OxJErP

"People kept saying to me, well, San Francisco is a gold rush town, and maybe there just weren’t many women here, and maybe the women here weren’t in a position to do anything, and I just, it didn’t ring true to me. Because where there is life, there are women."—Rae Alexandra on KQED's "Bay Curious"

"A poet’s immersion in Greek classicism forges a stronger bond with her bloodline. . . . A moving family memoir and a triumph of cultural archaeology.” —Kirkus Reviews, * Starred Review * for Eleni Sikelianos's MEMORY REHEARSAL forthcoming from City Lights, May 2026 bit.ly/4lzuLtX

I’m excited about this. Coming out with @citylightsbooks.bsky.social in October. Please pre-order, share, etc citylights.com/wp-content/u...

Happy publication day to UNSUNG HEROINES: 35 Women Who Changed the Bay Area by Rae Alexandra, and illustrated by Adrienne Simms Join us at one of the events! citylights.com/city-lights-...

Popped into @citylightsbooks.bsky.social yesterday, and something caught my eye! So stoked to pick up a copy of When Trees Testify by @berondam.bsky.social !!!!!

Did you miss the book launch for "UNSUNG HEROINES: 35 Women Who Changed the Bay Area" ? You can now view a recording on our YouTube channel featuring author Rae Alexandra & illustrator Adrienne Simms! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-T_...

Somewhere in the Bay Area, a bookstore is quietly carrying the scene. Time to put it on the record. Nominate your favorite in SFGATE’s Best of the Bay Area Reader’s Choice Contest. Or back current contenders like @citylightsbooks.bsky.social and @greenapplebooks.bsky.social at the link below.

Save the date, San Francisco! 🗓️ On March 25, @crystalsimonesmith.bsky.social will be at @citylightsbooks.bsky.social to chat about her new work of erasure poetry, COMMON SENSE (1776), with Tongo Eisen-Martin Poetry. Register now! #America250

🌊 TODAY Mon 3/9 6pm PT/9pm ET Judith Enck & @adamlmahoney.bsky.social THE PROBLEM WITH PLASTIC: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late @thenewpress.bsky.social @beyondplastics.bsky.social **ONLINE ONLY** Register for free to access the event: citylights.com/events/judit...

🌊 TONIGHT Monday 3/9 6pm PT/9pm ET Judith Enck with Adam Mahoney THE PROBLEM WITH PLASTIC: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late @thenewpress.bsky.social ***ONLINE ONLY*** Register for free here for access to the event: citylights.com/events/judit...