LIVE! From City Lights

LIVE! From City Lights
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Jan 21, 2026 • 1h 13min

Anne Waldman discussing Mesopotopia

City Lights and the Penguin Poets Series celebrate the publication of Mesopotopia – By Anne Waldman, published by Penguin Books. You can purchase copies of Mesopotopia here: https://citylights.com/mesopotopia/ Originally held at City Lights and broadcast via Zoom on Thursday, December 4, 2025. Hosted by Peter Maravelis. Made possible by support from the City Lights Foundation: citylights.com/foundation
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Jan 14, 2026 • 36min

Roddy Bottum in conversation with Brontez Purnell

City Lights and Akashic Books celebrate the publication of The Royal We – by Roddy Bottum, published by Akashic Books. You can purchase copies of The Royal We here: https://citylights.com/royal-we/ Originally held at City Lights and broadcast via Zoom on Thursday, November 20, 2025. Hosted by Peter Maravelis. Made possible by support from the City Lights Foundation: citylights.com/foundation
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Jan 7, 2026 • 35min

devorah major discussing “Word Time”

City Lights celebrates the publication of Word Time – by devorah major, published by City Lights Books. You can purchase copies of Word Time here:https://citylights.com/general-poetry/word-time/ Originally held at City Lights and broadcast via Zoom on Thursday, November 7, 2025. Hosted by Peter Maravelis. Made possible by support from the City Lights Foundation: citylights.com/foundation
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

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