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Publisher of: Poetry

The publishing wing of San Francisco’s legendary City Lights Bookstore, this small press started off with a bang — or rather, an obscenity trial. Their decision to publish Allen Ginsberg’s (in)famous Beat Generation classsic mired them in legal turmoil back in 1957. These days, City Lights is still publishing groundbreaking poetry, alongside other titles in fiction and nonfiction. While the staff is no longer getting arrested, they’ve maintained their commitment to politically challenging, artistically incisive work.

🔥 Hit title: Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsburg

⭐️ Best known for: Essay Collections, Poetry Collections, Memoir

💌 Accepts unagented submissions? Yes, in the form of Book Proposals. View guidelines →

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