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City Lights Booksellers & Publishers

Opens Tuesday at 10:00 AM

Chinatown, San Francisco

πŸ“šMUST visit for book lovers (Girl Eat World)
⭐Staff picks are always on point
πŸͺ‘Poetry room upstairs has a poet's chair

Step inside a living monument to literary rebellion. Founded in 1953 by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, City Lights is where Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" first saw print and a landmark free speech trial unfolded. Three floors of poetry, politics, and progressive fiction still hum with the energy that drew Kerouac, Cassady, and Ginsberg through its doors.

Literary history
Beat Generation
Independent bookstore
Poetry sanctuary

Upcoming events

Tuesday, Sep 8
Alan Chong Lau and Russell C. Leong

Alan Chong Lau and Russell C. Leong

September 8 at 7pm

Chinatown

Poetry & visual art reading

Thursday, Sep 10
Jon Else

Jon Else

September 10 at 7pm

Chinatown

Documentary & atomic history

Monday, Sep 14
Walter Riley / Civil Rights and Structural Attacks

Walter Riley / Civil Rights and Structural Attacks

September 14 at 7pm

Chinatown

Radical movement conversation

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