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City Lights Booksellers & Publishers
- Where
- North Beach
North Beach - When
- Explore any day · confirm current opening hours
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- City
- San Francisco edition
The place
A North Beach landmark with a life beyond its shelves. City Lights pairs an independent general bookstore with a publishing house, carrying forward a literary project begun in 1953. Come for poetry, fiction and ideas that leave a little room for disagreement.
A North Beach landmark with a life beyond its shelves. City Lights pairs an independent general bookstore with a publishing house, carrying forward a literary project begun in 1953. Come for poetry, fiction and ideas that leave a little room for disagreement.
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