Literary San Francisco: A Pictorial History from Its Beginnings to the Present Day

LITERARY SAN FRANCISCO surveys, in photographs and incisive commentary, the literary greats and eccentric dreamers who lived in or left their mark on the city. Here is the full sweep of its literary history, from the California Indian oral tradition and the brawling frontier, thought the insurgent counterculture, to today's continuing San Francisco renaissance. The authors distill the essence of San Francisco's literary life and its relation to the larger American scene. CONTENTS: Intro * Part One: Beginnings (Costanoan Indians through 1910) * Part Two: The 20th Century * Afterword

Literary San Francisco: A Pictorial History from its Beginnings to the Present Day

FERLINGHETTI, LAWRENCE

Nancy J. Peters

City Lights Books

Modern literature, zines, magazines, collections

City Lights Journal Number Four

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Literature & Fiction

A City Lights / Italian Voices Book
"Elaborately imagined...mini-catalog of great artists’ dreams and the author’s interpretation of the last three days in the life of Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa. Tabucchi’s rich language and his magical-realist charm tinge the volume with a visionary glow."—Publishers Weekly
" A lovely little book that keeps ringing in your head long after you’ve finished it."—Kirkus
 Chapter One
DREAM OF DAEDALUS, ARCHITECT AND AVIATOR
One night, thousands of years ago, at a time impossible to calculate exactly, Daedalus, architect and aviator, had a dream.
He dreamed that he was deep inside an immense palace and he was going through a corridor. The corridor opened into another corridor and Daedalus, tired and confused, walked along it, leaning on the walls. When he had come to the end, the corridor opened into a small octagonal room, from which eight corridors branched out. Daedalus began to feel short of breath and a need for fresh air. He entered one corridor, but it ended against a wall. He went into another, but it too ended against a wall. Seven times Daedalus made an attempt until, on the eighth attempt, he entered a very long corridor that, after a series of curves and corners, led out into another corridor. Daedalus then sat down on a marble step and began to reflect. On the corridor walls were flaming torches that illuminated frescoes blue with birds and flowers.
I'm the only one who could know how to get out of here, Daedalus said to himself, and I don't remember. He took off his sandals and began to walk barefoot on the green marble floor.
To console himself, he began to sing an ancient dirge he had learned from an old servant who had rocked his infant cradle. The arcades of the long corridor carried his voice back to him ten times over.
I'm the only one who could know how to get out of here, said Daedalus, and I don't remember.
At that moment, he came out into a wide, circular room frescoed with absurd landscapes. He remembered that room but he couldn't remember why he remembered it. There were seats covered with luxurious fabrics and, in the middle of the room, a large bed. On the edge of the bed was seated

Dreams of Dreams and the Last Three Days of Fernando Pessoa

antonio-tabucchi

Literary

City Lights Publishers

Compiled on the occasion of Arab American poet and painter, Etel Adnan's receipt of Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011, HOMAGE TO ETEL ADNAN is a collection of poetic and critical reflections, meditations and personal anecdotes written in tribute to Etel Adnan and her work by friends, colleagues and admirers including: Ammiel Alcalay, Jen Benka, David Buuck, Steve Dickison, Thom Donovan, Sharon Doubiago, Simone Fattal, Robert Grenier, Benjamin Hollander, Joanne Kyger, Michael McClure, Stephen Motika, Nancy J. Peters, Csaba Polony, Megan Pruiett, Brandon Shimoda, Roger Snell, Cole Swensen, Stacy Szymaszek, Lynne Tillman, Fawwaz Traboulsi, Anne Waldman.

Homage to Etel Adnan

Michael McClure

Cole Swensen

Lynne Tillman

Stacy Szymaszek

Anne Waldman

David Buuck

Joanne Kyger

Ammiel Alcalay

Jen Benka

Norma Cole

Steve Dickison

Thom Donovan

Sharon Doubiago

Simone Fattal

Robert Grenier

Benjamin Hollander

Stephen Motika

Csaba Polony

Megan Pruiett

Brandon Shimoda

Roger Snell

Fawwaz Traboulsi

Arts & Photography

The Post-Apollo Press

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