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City Lights Booksellers & Publishers

Book store · Chinatown ·

City Lights Booksellers & Publishers

Book store · Chinatown ·
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"In an age when many independent bookstores have surrendered to the advance of chain stores and Amazon, City Lights is a true survivor. Since it was founded by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti in 1956, it has served as a gathering place for San Francisco’ s literary communities. Everyone from beat poets to left-wing critics of America have found a welcome here. City Lights is also a publishing house, with Allen Ginsberg’s Howl and Other Poems being perhaps the single most famous book it has put out, though it counts scores of other works by some of America’s leading contemporary literary figures on its list. You can drop in anytime to find an unexpected tome, and the store also has a crowded calendar of readings."

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Landmark independent bookstore & publisher, literary hub, Beat history

beat generation
publishing house
independent bookstore
poetry
literary history
san francisco landmark
three floors
great selection
Google Rating
4.7 (4.1K)
Yelp Rating
4.4
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261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133 Get directions

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Credit card accepted
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Contactless accepted
Paid street parking
LGBTQ friendly
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City Lights Booksellers & Publishers by Photo courtesy of City Lights
City Lights Booksellers & Publishers by Photo courtesy of City Lights
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Information

Landmark independent bookstore & publisher, literary hub, Beat history

beat generation
publishing house
independent bookstore
poetry
literary history
san francisco landmark
three floors
great selection
Google Rating
4.7 (4.1K)
Yelp Rating
4.4
Featured in Eater
Featured in
Featured in Conde Nast Traveler
Featured in
Featured in Afar
Featured in

261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133 Get directions

$$

Credit card accepted
Debit card accepted
Contactless accepted
Paid street parking
LGBTQ friendly
City Lights Booksellers & Publishers by null
City Lights Booksellers & Publishers by Photo courtesy of City Lights
City Lights Booksellers & Publishers by Photo courtesy of City Lights
City Lights Booksellers & Publishers by Photo courtesy of City Lights
City Lights Booksellers & Publishers by Courtesy City Lights
City Lights Booksellers & Publishers by null
City Lights Booksellers & Publishers by null
City Lights Booksellers & Publishers by null
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