To celebrate the 75th anniversary of this storied publishing house, Litquake and City Lights Booksellers and Publishers organized readings by the following authors, with introductions, stories, and the like:
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti on New Directions
- Paul Yamazaki on New Directions
- Declan Spring on New Directions
- Yumiko Tsumura
- Willis Barnstone
- Michael McClure
- Denise Newman
- Michael Palmer
- Katherine Silver, translator of César Aira
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti
- Nathaniel Tarn
- Susanna Nied translator of Inger Christensen
- Donald A. Yates [on the translation of Labyrinths]
- Donald A. Yates translator of Jorge Luis Borges