This event is in the past.It took place on February 18, 2026 at City Lights Booksellers & Publishers.
Literature Talk
Literature TalkGioia Woods / City Lights: Lawrence Ferlinghetti and the Biography of a Bookstore
Chinatown
Step into the living museum where the Beats were born. This free talk with author Gioia Woods traces City Lights' rebel spirit from 1953 to today: the Pocket Poets, the Howl trial, and why this place still matters.
Beat Generation history
Author talk
Literary landmark
Free event
Tips
đź“š"a lively and wide-ranging cultural history... still stands as a vital site of literary dissent" (Alex Trimble Young, ASU)
🏛️"This bookstore is a living museum. Since 1953."
🍷browse the basement for sociology and poetry after
Gioia Woods / City Lights: Lawrence Ferlinghetti and the Biography of a Bookstore
Literature TalkLiterature TalkStep into the living museum where the Beats were born. This free talk with author Gioia Woods traces City Lights' rebel spirit from 1953 to today: the Pocket Poets, the Howl trial, and why this place still matters.
Beat Generation history
Author talk
Literary landmark
Free event
Tips
đź“š"a lively and wide-ranging cultural history... still stands as a vital site of literary dissent" (Alex Trimble Young, ASU)
🏛️"This bookstore is a living museum. Since 1953."
🍷browse the basement for sociology and poetry after
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