City Lights: "A Literary Meeting Place since 1953"

Authors

Hunter Candrian-Velez, Dominican University of CaliforniaFollow

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Place Description

Located in San Francisco's North Beach, City Lights Bookstore has been a literary landmark for over 70 years. City Lights Bookstore is located in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood, initially founded by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Peter D. Martin in 1953. City Lights began as a literary magazine run by Ferlinghetti whose parents were Italian immigrants from New York. After serving in the Navy, Ferlinghetti used his stipend from the G.I. Bill to get his masters at Columbia University and then his phD from University of Paris.

Publication Year

2024

Disciplines

Public History | United States History

Faculty Mentor

Aaron Richardson, MA, MLIS