What City Lights Booksellers & Publishers is known for
Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti founded City Lights Booksellers & Publishers in 1953, and it remains both an independent bookstore and a publisher. Its North Beach rooms anchor Beat-era literary San Francisco.
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Best for — Independent books and Beat heritage
San Francisco, CA
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