LIVE! From City Lights
LIVE! From City Lights
The official podcast for City Lights Publishers & Booksellers in San Francisco. Featuring readings and archives. Hosted by City Lights events coordinator Peter Maravelis.
Episodes
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Dec 24, 2025 • 1h 13min
Suzette Partido discussing “Love Will Save Us, Right?”
Suzette Partido discussing “Love Will Save Us, Right?” by LIVE! From City Lights

Dec 18, 2025 • 54min
Daniela Rea in conversation with John Gibler
City Lights celebrates the publication of Fruto: Bearing the Burden of Care – by Daniela Rea – Translator: John Gibler – published by City Lights Books.
You can purchase copies of Fruto: Bearing the Burden of Care here: https://citylights.com/fruto-bearing-the-burden-of-care/
Originally held at City Lights and broadcast via Zoom on Wednesday, November 19, 2025. Hosted by Peter Maravelis. Made possible by support from the City Lights Foundation: citylights.com/foundation

Dec 12, 2025 • 46min
Gabriela Cabezón Cámara in conversation with Achy Obejas
City Lights and Litquake celebrate the publication of We Are Green and Trembling – by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, published by New Directions.
You can purchase copies of We Are Green and Trembling from City Lights here: https://citylights.com/we-are-green-trembling/
Originally held at City Lights and broadcast via Zoom on Thursday day, October 16, 2025. Hosted by Peter Maravelis. Made possible by support from the City Lights Foundation: citylights.com/foundation

Dec 12, 2025 • 46min
Gabriela Cabezón Cámara in conversation with Achy Obejas
Gabriela Cabezón Cámara in conversation with Achy Obejas by LIVE! From City Lights

Dec 4, 2025 • 1h 4min
Joshua Clark Davis in conversation with Daphne Muse.wav
Description: City Lights and Princeton University Press celebrate the publication of Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back – By Joshua Clark Davis – Published by Princeton University Press.
You can purchase copies of Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back here: https://citylights.com/new-nonfiction-in-hardcover/police-against-the-movement-sabotage-o/
Originally held at City Lights and broadcast via Zoom on Tuesday, October 7, 2025. Hosted by Peter Maravelis. Made possible by support from the City Lights Foundation: citylights.com/foundation

Nov 26, 2025 • 48min
Amanda Uhle in conversation with Vendela Vida
City Lights and Summit Books present Amanda Uhle in conversation with Vendela Vida, celebrating the publication of her memoir Destroy This House, published by Summit Books/Simon & Schuster.
You can purchase copies of Destroy This House directly from City Lights here: https://citylights.com/new-nonfiction-in-hardcover/destroy-this-house-memoir/
Originally held at City Lights and broadcast via Zoom on Wednesday, October 1, 2025. Hosted by Peter Maravelis. Made possible by support from the City Lights Foundation: citylights.com/foundation

Nov 19, 2025 • 57min
Gabriela Aleman in conversation with Dick Cluster
City Lights and the Center for the Art of Translation present Gabriela Alemán in conversation with Dick Cluster, celebrating the publication of her new book Smoke, published by City Lights Books.
You can purchase copies of Smoke directly from City Lights here: https://citylights.com/city-lights-published/smoke/
Originally broadcast via Zoom on Wednesday, October 29, 2025. Hosted by Peter Maravelis. Made possible by support from the City Lights Foundation: citylights.com/foundation

Nov 12, 2025 • 1h 10min
Will Potter discussing Little Red Barns
City Lights presents award-winning investigative journalist Will Potter discussing his new book Little Red Barns: Hiding the Truth, from Farm to Fable, published by City Lights Books.
You can purchase copies of Little Red Barns directly from City Lights here: https://citylights.com/little-red-barns/
Originally held onsite at City Lights and broadcast via Zoom on Monday, October 27, 2025. 2024. Hosted by Peter Maravelis. Made possible by support from the City Lights Foundation: citylights.com/foundation

Oct 15, 2025 • 50min
Inés Hernández-Ávila and Molly McGlennen in conversation with Casandra López
City Lights celebrates the publication of Indigenous Poetics, edited by Inés Hernández-Ávila and Molly McGlennen, published by Michigan State University Press.
You can purchase copies of Indigenous Poetics directly from City Lights here: https://citylights.com/poetry-criticism-biographies/indigenous-poetics/
Originally broadcast via Zoom on Monday, August 18, 2025. Hosted by Peter Maravelis. Made possible by support from the City Lights Foundation: citylights.com/foundation

Dec 9, 2024 • 1h 14min
Mosab Abu Toha reading from "Forest of Noise: Poems"
Mosab Abu Toha reading from “Forest of Noise: Poems” by Mosab Abu Toha, published by Knopf Publishing Group
You can purchase copies of “Forest of Noise: Poems” directly from City Lights here: https://citylights.com/forest-of-noise-poems/
Originally broadcast via Zoom on Monday, November 4, 2024. Hosted by Peter Maravelis.
This event was made possible by support from the City Lights Foundation: citylights.com/foundation
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