Kevin Prufer is the author of five books of poetry and the editor of four anthologies, the most recent of which are In a Beautiful…
July Westhale talks with Matthew Zapruder in the latest installment of hello, typewriter.
There was no one sitting in the “poet’s chair” in the poetry room at City Lights, so I did. The room was filling up for…
What a lark! You finished two or three years of intensive Creative Writing at the institution of your choice! Congratulations, you have a Masters in…
July Westhale talks with Major Jackson in the latest installment of hello, typewriter. JULY WESTHALE: Thank you so much for agreeing to be interviewed, Major!…
ruth weiss was in town for the 60th anniversary of City Lights Bookstore. She was also in town when City Lights began in 1953. In…
In the Museum The wife and I were planning to see Allen Ginsberg’s photos at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, “Beat Memories,” but we had an argument…
One of the original computer scientists, Jaron Lanier (who coined the phrase “virtual reality”) began his talk at City Lights by playing a mouth organ…