Co-presented with City Lights Booksellers & Publishers and 48 HillsHome to the Beats, the modern environmental movement, the Hollywood dream machine, and a population of immense cultural diversity, California has—unsurprisingly—given rise to a literary culture defined by a distinctive Left Coast sensibility. This rich writerly ferment is sustained by an array of fiercely independent literary organizations devoted to the flourishing ecosystem of ideas and art. In this panel, leading voices from the Golden State's literary landscape—Heyday publisher
Steve Wasserman, City Lights chief buyer
Paul Yamazaki,
Alta Journal’s digital editor
Beth Spotswood, and Litquake co-founder
Jack Boulware—explore and celebrate the cultural work that booksellers, publishers, literary journals, book clubs, and festivals do in service of California's community of readers, writers, and thinkers.
Nastia Voynovskaya of KQED will lead the conversation.
FREE, $10-15 suggested donationBook sales for this event coordinated by City Lights Bookstore.
