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Baraka Books, the Before Columbus Foundation, and City Lights celebrate the publication of BLIND PERSISTENCE: The History of the Before Columbus Foundation – Edited by Ishmael Reed and Justin Desmangles (with Carla Blank and Tennessee Reed), published by Baraka Books. You can purchase copies of BLIND PERSISTENCE: The History of the Before Columbus Foundation here: https://citylights.com/poetry-criticism-biographies/blind-persistence-before-columbus-found/ Originally held at City Lights and broadcast via Zoom on Thursday, December 18, 2025. Hosted by Peter Maravelis. Made possible by support from the City Lights Foundation: citylights.com/foundation

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

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

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

Suzette Partido discussing “Love Will Save Us, Right?” by LIVE! From City Lights

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

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

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

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

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