

Chinatown, San Francisco
📵Store asks you to put phones away
Celebrate seven decades of Allen Ginsberg's revolutionary "Howl" at the legendary bookstore where Lawrence Ferlinghetti first published it and fought obscenity charges. Expect poetry readings, Beat history, and that unmistakable old-book smell.
Literary history landmark
Beat Generation heritage
Poetry reading event
Iconic independent bookstore


Chinatown, San Francisco
📵Store asks you to put phones away
Celebrate seven decades of Allen Ginsberg's revolutionary "Howl" at the legendary bookstore where Lawrence Ferlinghetti first published it and fought obscenity charges. Expect poetry readings, Beat history, and that unmistakable old-book smell.
Literary history landmark
Beat Generation heritage
Poetry reading event
Iconic independent bookstore