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City Lights Books
The bookstore that got arrested so you could read freely.
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Anthony Nguyen
About
Lawrence Ferlinghetti's 1953 North Beach bookstore and publisher. Three floors, no alphabetizing by author in fiction (grouped by country instead). The poetry room upstairs is the real thing.
Curator's Note
“The poetry room upstairs. Buy something from the small press shelf.”
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Address
261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133
Neighborhood
North Beach · San Francisco
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