“The chances of satisfying my renewed appetite for literary exchanges increased once I began to visit the library more frequently and make my way from the hotel to City Lights Bookstore at 261 Columbus Avenue. For all I was learning about the role its founder, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, had played in helping to nurture, promote, and sustain the talented souls who made the Beat Movement possible, City Lights became a kind of sacred space for me.” San FranciscoBookstoresHotelsSacred SpacesLiterary MovementsLawrence FerlinghettiBeat MovementCity Lights Bookstore Book:Greeting Flannery O'Connor at the Back Door of My Mind Source: Greeting Flannery O'Connor at the Back Door of My Mind