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/3mvqfxhtdus24"All of the pieces are reflections of a son with a hole in his heart trying to make sense of a world without his mother. A truly beautiful tribute to a remarkable woman."—Candace Smith, @ala-booklist.bsky.social on HOLD STILL by @benehrenreich.bsky.social forthcoming from City Lights, Oct 1317 Sep 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqfxhtdus24https://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mvocyc6gls2yJoin us for a night of poetry at City Lights Bookstore tonight! Brenda Hillman and Robert Hass join us to chat about their new work. @weslpress.bsky.social @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social https://citylights.com/events/brenda-hillman-with-robert-haas/16 Sep 2026 23:43 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvocyc6gls2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mvo3ub5hg22tHow do I claim my identity as a writer when I also dread the act of reading?” he asked. Truong Tran in conversation about his new book, HOW TO EXI(S)T: A Poet's Memoir, with Nicolle Delgado @eastbayexpress.com https://eastbayexpress.com/truong-tran-confronts-language-and-identity/16 Sep 2026 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvo3ub5hg22thttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mvlorz2mjc2r“Can a question be a story? Maybe that’s the wrong question to ask. Or the wrong way to ask it.”— @benehrenreich.bsky.social in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social Read excerpts from his forthcoming book HOLD STILL, to be pub'd by City Lights Oct 13! jewishcurrents.org/hold-still https://jewishcurrents.org/hold-still15 Sep 2026 22:36 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlorz2mjc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mv226jgaqk2s@skyeperryman.bsky.social offers an accessible antidote to political despair with her new—and first!—book, ORDINARY PEOPLE, EXTRAORDINARY TIMES: How to Reclaim Your Power, Fight for Freedom & Reimagine Democracy (published by @tenspeedpress.bsky.social) Buy here: https://citylights.com/praxis/ordinary-people-extraordinary-times-ht/08 Sep 2026 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv226jgaqk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3muzwi43ans2z🦋 TONIGHT Tues. 9/8 7pm PT/10pm ET Join us to hear Alan Chong Lau & Russell C. Leong discuss their new books, THIS SINGLE ROAD: Postcards and Notebooks from Kyoto [Entre Rios Press], & MOTH SUTRA [UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press] Attend in-person or register: https://citylights.com/events/alan-chong-lau-and-russel-leong/08 Sep 2026 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzwi43ans2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mumzzhnkac27“All readers, even the youngest ones, deserve libraries that represent them.”— Gloria Steinem RIP 1934 - 2026 🤍03 Sep 2026 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumzzhnkac27https://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3muhyvjdp2226I came upon Mr Hardin standing in front of the courthouse, looking up. "Son," he said, "look way up yonder. No! Up there." It was a buzzard he wanted me to see, a black speck way up for no reason unless glory. Some beings eat the dead and inhabit the sky. -- Wendell Berry 1934 - 202601 Sep 2026 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhyvjdp2226https://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mu45ppy5r22gAn excerpt from Truong Tran's forthcoming book HOW TO EXI(S)T: A Poet's Memoir (City Lights, October 2026) Published on the Philly Chapbook Review28 Aug 2026 00:56 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu45ppy5r22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mtzlrpqxy22ihttps://www.spotfund.com/story/b5fdb6ec-87aa-44f1-840b-b0f44ac1113e27 Aug 2026 00:29 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzlrpqxy22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mtwgymbjrc2mWe'll always love you, Dolly Parton. RIP 1946 - 202625 Aug 2026 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwgymbjrc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mtue7amfjc2nCongratulations to devorah major & Thea Matthews Winners of the PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles Award!24 Aug 2026 22:31 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtue7amfjc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mtf5o5dhvs2iHAPPENING TONIGHT! ⛰️ Tuesday 8/18 6pm PT/9pm ET @idahocole.bsky.social with Jean Cardeño IN THE ARMS OF MOUNTAINS: A Memoir of Land, Love, and Queer Resistance in Red America [@beaconpress.bsky.social] ONLINE ONLY - Register for free here: https://citylights.com/events/cole-nicole-lefavour-in-the-arms-of-mountains/18 Aug 2026 21:24 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtf5o5dhvs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3msywc6imqk2zRest in Peace, Ward Churchill 1947 - 202614 Aug 2026 00:40 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3msywc6imqk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3msyd2d5dnc2bWalking around with your head in the clouds, makes no sense at all . . . photo by Dennis Sullivan13 Aug 2026 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyd2d5dnc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3msw7u4ekwc27Rest in Power Johanna Fernandez, 1970 - 2026 Pictured here with Mumia Abu-Jamal Johanna advocated for Mumia's freedom, and she edited his work in the book, "Writing on the Wall: Selected Prison Writings of Mumia Abu-Jamal, published by City Lights, 2015.12 Aug 2026 22:53 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3msw7u4ekwc27https://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mstnnwwpm22iTONIGHT at City Lights LIVE! 🌎 Tuesday 8/11 6pm PT/9pm ET Mara Wilson with Saumya Roy HOW WE SEE IT: The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump – Edited by The Dial [@thenewpress.bsky.social] [@thedialmag.bsky.social] ONLINE ONLY - Register here: https://citylights.com/events/the-dial-city-lights-mara-wilson-in-conversation-with-saumya-roy/11 Aug 2026 22:22 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstnnwwpm22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3msqyr5em7s2d"Cab drivers would recite Angelos's poetry to me when I would get into their cars." — Eleni Sikelianos discusses learning about her great grandfather's literary legacy when traveling in Greece for the first time @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social LISTEN: shorturl.at/tEjf1 https://shorturl.at/tEjf110 Aug 2026 21:03 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqyr5em7s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3mshb7cyzp22uCongratulations to Genny Lim, recipient of a Poet Laureate Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets! Genny Lim is the Poet Laureate of San Francisco ❤️ https://poets.org/twenty-two-poets-laureate-awarded-11-million-community-poetry-projects07 Aug 2026 00:07 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshb7cyzp22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3msca5r4qcs2wHappiest publication day to translator C Francis Fisher and Joyce Mansour, SATISFIED SARCOPHAGI: Collected Short Stories (City Lights. August 4, 2026) 🌸 https://citylights.com/city-lights-published/satisfied-sarcophagi-col-ss/05 Aug 2026 00:05 +0000at://did:plc:uvbnfzosltcqwfvmr4cf52lt/app.bsky.feed.post/3msca5r4qcs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/citylightsbooks.bsky.social/post/3ms7ehjjhn22dThe Right to Read Act invests in school libraries, strengthens literacy, and defends students' freedom to read. 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