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261 Columbus (at Broadway) San Francisco, CA 94133

415-362-8193

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San Francisco Literary Walking Tour

12:00 p.m. every Sat.

A two-hour meander through North Beach and Chinatown to look at the apartment buildings, cafes, bookstores, and bars frequented by famous writers o...
László Krasznahorkai

7:00 p.m. May 28

László Krasznahorkai discusses his book Satantango.
Jerry Mander

7:00 p.m. May 30

Jerry Mander discusses his book The Capitalism Papers: Six Fatal Flaws of an Obsolete System.
Jim Nisbet

7:00 p.m. June 18

Jim Nisbet reads from Old and Cold.
Christian Kiefer

7:00 p.m. June 21

Christian Kiefer discusses his book The Infinite Tides.

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2012 | Best Place to Buy New Books

San Francisco's status as one of America's best book cities was somewhat threatened by closures over the last decade (RIP Stacey's and A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books). But City Lights is still going strong, and remains a linchpin of the city's robust literary life. Atmospheric and well-stocked, the store's three stories offer a broad and idiosyncratic selection that is conducive to making new discoveries -- especially for those who prefer to do so on their own (i.e., sans the paid... More »
2005 | Best Bookstore

Although it's a required stop on the Columbus Avenue tourist crawl, bordering Jack Kerouac Alley and Vesuvio Cafe, City Lights, founded by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, retains its pioneer spirit. The floors creak, which is nice, and the bookshelves look like they were built over time, on site, by Ferlinghetti himself. The bathroom is for staff only; the coffee bars are up the street. The history -- well, you probably know the history: the first paperback bookstore, Beat magnet, Howl... More »
2001 | Best Beat Era Evocation

Where else The publishers of Howl still maintain that healthy authority-questioning outlook that made the beats so reviled and celebrated during the somnolent '50s, offering up three floors of mostly paperbacked volumes on an array of subjects eclectic enough for the thirstiest intellectual. There's a Little Press Alcove with a couple of hundred magazines, pamphlets, and booklets (Dead in Memphis and The Last Cannoli among them), postcards of James Joyce, Richard Wright, and other icons, a... More »

Rory O'Connor, who Ripped Rush Limbaugh, Is Back to Take on Facebook

By Paul M. Davis | Tue, May 1, 2012

If Glenn Beck keeps a J. Edgar Hoover-esque blacklist under his bed pillow, journalist Rory O'Connor is probably on it, his name appearing near those of Nancy Pelosi and George Soros. O'Connor's progr... More »
Hatebook

By : Paul M. Davis | Wed, April 25, 2012

If Glenn Beck keeps a J. Edgar Hoover-esque blacklist under his bed pillow, journalist Rory O’Connor is probably on it, appearing before Nancy Pelosi and George Soros. O’Connor’s progressive bona fides are extensive: Alternet reporter, Huffington ... More »
Chris Kattan's "Brilliant" Lost Mr. Peepers Screenplay Involves Humping George W. Bush

By Albert Samaha | Tue, April 17, 2012

Update: Meet the author of the hoax script here. There's little doubt a good number of pop culture enthusiasts have wasted many hours wondering what it would be like if Mr. Peepers -- Chris Kattan's ... More »
Bayard Rustin's Story Reveals Civil Wrongs in the Civil Rights Movement -- Homophobia

By Paul M. Davis | Tue, April 10, 2012

Bayard Rustin was a fervid orator and incisive rhetorician who served as a key figure in the civil rights movement for more than 60 years. He introduced Mahatma Gandhi's principles of nonviolence to A... More »
Civil Wrongs Revisited

By Paul M. Davis | Wed, April 04, 2012

Bayard Rustin was a fervid orator and incisive rhetorician who served as a key figure in the civil rights movement for more than 60 years. He introduced Mahatma Gandhi’s principles of nonviolence to American activists, and he organized the 1963 Ma... More »
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City Lights Books

261 Columbus (at Broadway) San Francisco, CA 94133

415-362-8193

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12:00 p.m. every Sat.

7:00 p.m. May 28

7:00 p.m. May 30

7:00 p.m. June 18

7:00 p.m. June 21

2012 | Best Place to Buy New Books

2005 | Best Bookstore

2001 | Best Beat Era Evocation

By Paul M. Davis | Tue, May 1, 2012

By : Paul M. Davis | Wed, April 25, 2012

By Albert Samaha | Tue, April 17, 2012

By Paul M. Davis | Tue, April 10, 2012

By Paul M. Davis | Wed, April 04, 2012