This event is in the past.It took place on May 21, 2026 at City Lights Booksellers & Publishers.
Literature Talk
Literature TalkLegendary Beat Generation bookstore City Lights hosts Barry Gifford reading from his new Uncle Buck collection. The acclaimed novelist behind Wild at Heart brings his dark, tender tales of 1950s America to the same room where Howl first shocked the world.
Literary reading
Author event
Beat Generation history
Dark Americana fiction
Tips
✍️"can sum up in a few words the cruelty, horror, and crushing banality that shape an entire life" —Anthony Bourdain
📚"a living museum. Since 1953"
💻also streaming on Zoom if you can't make it in person
$0
Barry Gifford
Literature TalkLiterature TalkLegendary Beat Generation bookstore City Lights hosts Barry Gifford reading from his new Uncle Buck collection. The acclaimed novelist behind Wild at Heart brings his dark, tender tales of 1950s America to the same room where Howl first shocked the world.
Literary reading
Author event
Beat Generation history
Dark Americana fiction
Tips
✍️"can sum up in a few words the cruelty, horror, and crushing banality that shape an entire life" —Anthony Bourdain
📚"a living museum. Since 1953"
💻also streaming on Zoom if you can't make it in person
$0
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