Archived Reading Room

Two days, two events, two writers

City Lights Bookstore will host two writers this weekend.

Anne Clinard Barnhill will be at the bookstore at 7 p.m., Feb. 3, to read from her new novel, At the Mercy of the Queen.

A tale of sexual seduction and intrigue at the court of Henry VIII, At the Mercy of the Queen is a dramatic debut historical about Madge Shelton, cousin and lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn.

The following afternoon on Feb. 4, poet doris davenport will read from her latest poetry collection. During the reading, which starts at 2 p.m., she’ll focus on her latest collection of poems (with a dash of prose), titled ascent. Previous works include Madness Like Morning Glories and Hunger for Moonlight.

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