Way back in the day, I was asked to record a show featuring a bunch of essay-writing moms. Not my average gig, but I said…
Longtime friend to California poets and poetry and inspiration Jack Foley, who runs the weekly Cover to Cover show on KPFA, has just joined forces…
“Before Enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. After Enlightenment, chop wood and carry water.” – old Buddhist proverb City Lights was so packed that people…
When Time referred to Kenneth Rexroth as the “Father of the Beats,’ he said, “An entomologist is not a bug.” That seems a bit off, though,…
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…
City Lights Bookstore, Mechanics’ Institute Library, and San Francisco Art Institute presented CITY LIGHTS AT 60: SUBTLE CHANNELS – An OuLiPo Laboratory: Present, Past, and…
July Westhale talks with Matthew Zapruder in the latest installment of hello, typewriter.