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A TURBULENT INFINITY AT CITY LIGHTS: henri michaux

A TURBULENT INFINITY AT CITY LIGHTS: henri michaux

October 2, 2014
Steven Gray
Columns, Event Review, REVIEWS, Reviews by Steven Gray

I settle into the prism… tone of solemnity… pulse of the window…. – Henri Michaux I was on the second floor of City Lights ,…

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THOUSAND TIMES BROKEN: gillian conoley presents henri michaux

September 14, 2014
Evan Karp
Playlists

Gillian Conoley celebrated the release of Thousand Times Broken, a collection of three previously untranslated books by French poet Henri Michaux, at City Lights (publisher of…

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SF WEEKLY FALL ARTS 2014: books and events

September 3, 2014
Evan Karp
I WOULD SAY, NEWS, Said Litseen, Scene, Upcoming Events

a mini-guide to Fall books and events for SF Weekly‘s seasonal Arts guide

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CALIFORNIA BOOKSTORE DAY: saturday may 3

April 30, 2014
Evan Karp
NEWS, Upcoming Events

On Saturday, May 3, 93 stores representing 80 of our state’s zip codes will celebrate the first California Bookstore Day with parties that include everything…

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A CENTURY OF WILLIAM BURROUGHS: celebration @ city lights

A CENTURY OF WILLIAM BURROUGHS: celebration @ city lights

March 10, 2014
Steven Gray
Columns, Event Review, REVIEWS, Reviews by Steven Gray

There was a record of Moroccan trance music playing in the poetry room at City Lights. Acoustically it was astute, what with William Burroughs having…

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BEN MARCUS @ CITY LIGHTS: leaving the sea

February 4, 2014
Evan Karp
C4 YOURSELF, Playlists

Ben Marcus reading from Leaving the Sea at City Lights on Tuesday, January 21 2014. Marcus read the story “I Can Say Many Nice Things,”…

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ANARCHY IN THE USA:  a kenneth rexroth appreciation

ANARCHY IN THE USA: a kenneth rexroth appreciation

December 25, 2013
Steven Gray
NEWS, Reviews by Steven Gray

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,…

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MICHAEL MCCLURE @ CITY LIGHTS: ghost tantras

December 2, 2013
Evan Karp
C4 YOURSELF, Playlists

City Lights hosted Michael McClure on the occasion of their reprinting of his classic Ghost Tantras on Wednesday, November 20 2013. Graahr!

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SUBTLE CHANNELS: an introduction to oulipo at city lights

November 17, 2013
Evan Karp
Featured Event, NEWS

City Lights Bookstore, Mechanics’ Institute Library, and San Francisco Art Institute presented CITY LIGHTS AT 60: SUBTLE CHANNELS – An OuLiPo Laboratory: Present, Past, and…

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ALLI WARREN: here come the warm jets @ city lights

November 7, 2013
Evan Karp
C4 YOURSELF, Playlists

City Lights hosted a reading by Alli Warren to celebrate the publication of her debut collection of poems and the tenth in City Lights’ Spotlight…

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