Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Bombay and the Beats: Bridging Two Cities Through Their Poets

Saranya Subramanian on the Links Between Two Movements

 
By Saranya Subramanian  December 7, 2022
Poets

Elegy for Minor Poets: Writing on the Margins of Midcentury Greatness

By Jen DeGregorio  June 6, 2022
2021

Notable Literary Deaths in 2021

By Emily Temple  December 15, 2021
The Hub

In which a drunk Jack Kerouac discusses hippies with William F. Buckley.

By Emily Temple  April 15, 2021
In Memoriam

When Lawrence Ferlinghetti Defended a Tribute to Allen Ginsberg

By Annice Jacoby  March 3, 2021
In Memoriam

An Afternoon with Lawrence Ferlinghetti in the Last Light of San Francisco

By Robert Andersen  March 3, 2021
In Memoriam

Thank You, Lawrence Ferlinghetti

By Alysia Abbott  February 26, 2021
The Hub

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a literary icon who opened doors for the Beat Generation, has died at 101.

By Corinne Segal  February 23, 2021
Life in a Pandemic

City Lights Books could close for good—and it’s asking for your help.

By Corinne Segal  April 10, 2020
Self-Publishing

Just Because Walt Whitman Self-Published, Doesn’t Mean You Should, Too

By Nick Ripatrazone  September 9, 2019
Book Festivals

The Bay Area Book Festival in Three Acts

By Jane Ciabattari  May 15, 2019
News

Happy 100th Birthday Lawrence Ferlinghetti!

By Literary Hub  March 22, 2019
Feature

D.A. Powell on the First Time He Met Lawrence Ferlinghetti

By D.A. Powell  March 22, 2019
Feature

A Poem for Lawrence Ferlinghetti, by Gerald Nicosia

By Gerald Nicosia  March 22, 2019
Feature

Maxine Hong Kingston on Lawrence Ferlinghetti

By Maxine Hong Kingston  March 22, 2019
Excerpts

Lawrence Ferlinghetti on the Cusp of 100

By Jonah Raskin  January 24, 2019
Feature

Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2019

By Emily Temple  December 28, 2018
Excerpts

City Lights’ Elaine Katzenberger Has Seen It All in San Francisco

By Cary McClelland and Elaine Katzenberger  October 26, 2018
Feature

A Visual Tour of 35 Literary Bars and Cafés from Around the World

By Emily Temple  February 9, 2018
Conversations

A Brief History of Litquake, a San Francisco Literary Institution

By Jane Ciabattari  October 4, 2017
Lit Mags

Meet the Best High School Lit Mag in America

By Emily Temple  August 24, 2017
Excerpts

Allen Ginsberg’s Definition of the Beat Generation

By Allen Ginsberg  April 20, 2017
Roundtable

The High School English Teacher Who Changed My Life

By Nick Ripatrazone  March 8, 2016
Excerpts

Writing Across the Landscape

By Lit Hub Excerpts  September 3, 2015
Conversation

Interview with a Bookstore: City Lights

By Interview with a Bookstore  April 9, 2015
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