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LIVE! From City Lights

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The official podcast for City Lights Publishers & Booksellers in San Francisco. Featuring readings and archives. Hosted by City Lights events coordinator Peter Maravelis.

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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: citylights.com/fruto-b... more

Gabriela Cabezón Cámara in conversation with Achy Obejas by LIVE! From City Lights

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 ... more

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 ... more

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 Li... more

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 Lig... more

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: city... more

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: citylights.com/forest-of-noise-poems/ Originally b... more

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Daphne Muse
Veteran activist who organized with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and authored four books.
Episode: Joshua Clark Davis in conversation with Daphne Muse.wav
Joshua Clark Davis
Associate Professor of History at the University of Baltimore and author of Police Against the Movement.
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Episode: Joshua Clark Davis in conversation with Daphne Muse.wav
Dick Cluster
Writer and translator based in Oakland, California.
Episode: Gabriela Aleman in conversation with Dick Cluster
Gabriela Alemán
Author of 10 books including 'Smoke' and 'Pozo Wells', founding member of El Facir Editores.
City Lights Publishers
Episode: Gabriela Aleman in conversation with Dick Cluster
Will Potter
Award-winning investigative journalist and author
City Lights Publishers
Episode: Will Potter discussing Little Red Barns
Ricardo Alberto Maldonado
Author of 'The Life Assignment' and Academy of American Poets President
Four Way Books, Akashic Books, Anomalous Press
Episode: Daniel Borzutzky in conversation with Ricardo Alberto Maldonado
Francesca Ekwuyasi
An award-winning artist and storyteller born in Lagos, Nigeria.
Author of Butter, Honey, Pig, Bread
Episode: Chukwuebuka Ibeh in conversation with francesca ekwuyasi
Tarek El-Ariss
James Wright Professor and Chair of Middle Eastern Studies at Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
Episode: Tarek El-Ariss
Yanis Varoufakis
Economist, educator, co-founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement, former finance minister of Greece, and best-selling author.
Melville House
Episode: Yanis Varoufakis

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Peter Maravelis
Host of LIVE! From City Lights, and Coordinator of events at City Lights Publishers & Booksellers.

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Amanda Uhle in conversation with Vendela Vida
Q: Were you nervous about reliving past experiences while writing the book?
The writing process was mainly enjoyable, with the most challenging part being the difficult years towards the end.
Amanda Uhle in conversation with Vendela Vida
Q: How do you think your parents would feel about this book?
They would probably be mortified initially but would eventually appreciate being memorialized in a genuine light.
Amanda Uhle in conversation with Vendela Vida
Q: How did you start writing the book, and what influenced that decision?
My experience at 826 Michigan helped me see that writing is for everyone, which encouraged me to write my own story.
Joshua Clark Davis in conversation with Daphne Muse.wav
Q: What would you consider the ideal relationship between history and activism?
Historians and activists need to create a mutually beneficial relationship where historians provide accurate accounts of history while respecting and supporting the work of activists.
Gabriela Aleman in conversation with Dick Cluster
Q: How do you feel the novel has changed in translation?
Alemán highlights that translation creates a new book, stating, "the author of the translation is a co-author of the book."

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