A literary meetingplace since 1953, City Lights is a landmark bookstore and publishing house, known for our commitment to innovative writing and progressive ideals. https://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mydreivs722lTruong Tran in Santa Clara (10/22) & Santa Cruz (10/29)! Events are free and open to the public More info here https://citylights.com/publishing/author-tours/20 Oct 2026 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mydreivs722lhttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mydoltnnks2a "I am not striving towards failure—quite the opposite, in fact. I am trying to write the impossible. . . . This being my book, I give myself permission to try and to fail." —Truong Tran, from HOW TO EXI(S)T: A Poet's Memoir Published TODAY!!! by City Lights! shorturl.at/S9lD820 Oct 2026 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mydoltnnks2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mydnxkum2c2e"She was also an unapologetic socialist at a time when that was a dirty word in the U.S. . . . the dreams that animated her were radical dreams."— @benehrenreich.bsky.social in @sf.gazetteer.co about his mother Barbara Ehrenreich and his new book HOLD STILL (w/City Lights!) shorturl.at/d3MOe20 Oct 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mydnxkum2c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3myaziflhnc2eTONIGHT at City Lights LIVE! 💫 Monday 10/19 7pm PT/10pm ET William Rowe and Helen Dimos, Moderated by Robert Kaufman TRILCE [New York Review of Books] The Center for the Art of Translation Join us in the bookstore, or register for the online event here: https://citylights.com/events/a-celebration-of-cesar-vallejos-trilce/19 Oct 2026 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3myaziflhnc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mxxbdiugbs2d“Everybody’s gotta live,” sings Arthur Lee, “and everybody’s gonna die. Everybody’s gotta live, I think you know the reason why.” But I don’t know, Arthur, and I don’t believe that you did either. Probably worth asking nonetheless. — @benehrenreich.bsky.social HOLD STILL playlist shorturl.at/VpY7c15 Oct 2026 23:58 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxxbdiugbs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mxu7biyaxc2x“When something like racism happens, it's put on you and you carry it,” he says. “It took me a long time to understand I was carrying someone else’s shame and I could put it down.” —Truong Tran, @baycitynews.bsky.social shorturl.at/VfnLf https://shorturl.at/VfnLf14 Oct 2026 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxu7biyaxc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mxru5tltok2xTONIGHT! 🎷 Tuesday 10/13 6pm PT/9pm ET David Stephen Calonne JAZZ, COUNTERCULTURE, and the SACRED [@oxfordunipress.bsky.social] Register for the online event here: https://citylights.com/events/david-stephen-calonne-jazz-counterculture-and-the-sacred/13 Oct 2026 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxru5tltok2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mxroev3hzc2cRae Alexandra at The Clift Hotel this Thursday, 6pm, discussing UNSUNG HEROINES! Get your ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-history-fun-again-speaker-series-at-the-clift-tickets-200167324656413 Oct 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxroev3hzc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mxrn26o34s2kHappy publication day to @benehrenreich.bsky.social ! HOLD STILL City Lights * 10/13/26 One of Literary Hub’s Most Anticipated Books for 2026!13 Oct 2026 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxrn26o34s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mxppb65ez22l"as if we could bring the world into balance by ourselves" —Eleni Sikelianos from MEMORY REHEARSAL See Eleni Sikelianos with Tisa Bryant at the Boston Book Festival this Saturday October 17, 2026 1:45pm - 2:45pm at the Old South Church - Guild Room More at: bostonbookfestival2026.sched.com12 Oct 2026 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxppb65ez22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mxpm7x2oz22l"One of the things grief does is it blows through the possibility of narrative. Narratives stop working. Stories don't hold anymore."— @benehrenreich.bsky.social WATCH: Ben in conversation w/John Chrastka @everylibrary.bsky.social about his new book w/ shorturl.at/BitWL City Lights, HOLD STILL https://shorturl.at/BitWL12 Oct 2026 22:52 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxpm7x2oz22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mxf3b25hg22dCanadian poet, translator, and classicist Anne Carson has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature 🏆❤️08 Oct 2026 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxf3b25hg22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mxd775i2ts2x“I think I existed for a great amount of time in my life in a mode of silence, to the extent that I even convinced myself that silence was a form of protest,” Tran admitted. “But I’m 57, and I don’t want to do that anymore. I want to live. I want to exist.”—Truong Tran Interview: shorturl.at/bVroI08 Oct 2026 00:26 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxd775i2ts2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mxcy3prjpc2y@benehrenreich.bsky.social is coming to California to celebrate his new book, HOLD STILL, published by City Lights!07 Oct 2026 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxcy3prjpc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mxclba7zvk2zTOMORROW at City Lights LIVE! Thurs, 10/8 Jean-Baptiste Phou discusses his new book, COMING OUT OF MY SKIN, with Isabelle Thuy Pelaud at City Lights. Join us in the bookstore, or register to join on Zoom here: https://citylights.com/events/jean-baptiste-phou-in-conversation-with-isabelle-thuy-pelaud/ @seagullbooks.bsky.social07 Oct 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxclba7zvk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mwrii6hvpk2xTruong Tran, author of "How to Exi(s)t: A Poet’s Memoir" TOUR! More info: https://citylights.com/publishing/author-tours/30 Sep 2026 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwrii6hvpk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mwr4wgkgyk27Join City Lights and our fellow indie presses in Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco this Sunday, Oct 4th, 11am to 4pm at Litquake's Small Press Fair We'll be listening to poetry, and selling our publications at deep discounts for cheap thrills ❤️ https://litquake2026.sched.com/event/2WDkL/small-press-book-fair30 Sep 2026 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwr4wgkgyk27https://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mw7spwyflc24What a thrill to host Jack White at City Lights today, reading poems from JACK WHITE COLLECTED LYRICS and SELECTED WRITING, edited by Ben Blackwell and published by @thirdmanbooks.bsky.social 🤍23 Sep 2026 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7spwyflc24