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This event is in the past.It took place on April 16, 2026 at Main Library - San Francisco Public Library.

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Insurgent Beatitudes: The History of City Lights 1
Literature Talk
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Insurgent Beatitudes: The History of City Lights

At Main Library - San Francisco Public Library

Civic Center

City Lights Bookstore helped launch the Beat Generation and went to court for free speech. Peter Maravelis brings its rebellious history to life with stories and images spanning from Ginsberg's Howl to today's resistance movements.

Beat Generation history
free author talk
literary culture
progressive bookstore

Tips

📖Peter Maravelis works at City Lights — insider stories guaranteed
🎤covers Beat generation through punk to zines
⏱️75 minutes, totally free

Main Library - San Francisco Public Library

100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA

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