print email comment close City Lights Booksellers and Publishers URL: http://www.citylights.com/ Description: Official site of the landmark San Francisco bookseller and publisher, founded in 1953 by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Peter D. Martin. In addition to a brief history and a complete catalog of City Lights titles in print, you can find Ferlinghetti's Poetry as News columns from the San Francisco Chronicle and information on the San Francisco streets renamed to honor famous authors and artists who lived and worked in the city. Extra Keywords beat, generation, howl Library of Congress Subject Headings: Bookstores -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area LII Database Information: Record 4503 created by Tom McGibney on 08/23/2000 Last modification on 08/23/2000 Published: 08/23/2000   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/4503