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Brian Evenson: Phantom Limb 1
Literature Talk

Brian Evenson: Phantom Limb

October 20 at 7pm

At City Lights Booksellers & Publishers

Chinatown, San Francisco

"one of the greatest radical, progressive bookstores in the world"
"the poetry room is sacred"
Grab a pint at Vesuvio next door after

Master of literary dread Brian Evenson reads from Phantom Limb at City Lights, the beat-era bookshop that's hosted everyone from Ginsberg onward. Colin Winnette joins for the conversation.

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  • Author reading
  • Literary horror
  • Historic venue
  • Beat Generation legacy
  • City Lights Booksellers & Publishers
  • Chinatown
  • San Francisco

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