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City Lights Bookstore

City Lights is an independent bookstore-publisher combination in San Francisco, California that specializes in world literature, the arts, and progressive politics. It also houses the nonprofit City Lights Foundation, which publishes selected titles related to San Francisco culture. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
City Lights Bookstore has hosted 23 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2005 Speech. The year with the most events was 2009 with three events. Most appearances with Peter Maravelis (11), Trevor Paglen (2), Tim Wise (2). Most common tags: Arts & Literature, Intelligence, Race Relations.

Recent Programs

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    The Listeners

    Georgetown University professor Brian Hochman detailed how law enforcement agencies have intercepted private correspondences …

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    Savage Journey

    Peter Richardson looked at the writing life of Hunter S. Thompson, from his early influences to his embrace of “gonzo” journa…

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    Not A Nation of Immigrants

    Historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz argued that America is not a nation founded by and for immigrants, but rather is a product of …

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    Silicon Values

    Electronic Frontier Foundation international activism director Jillian York discussed the future of free speech on social med…

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