The Panopticon Review: 9/13/26

Monday, September 14, 2026

Walter Riley / Civil Rights and Structural Attacks: Walter Riley, Jesse Strauss, and James Tracy with a special guest appearance by Boots Riley in conversation – City Lights celebrates the publication of – Civil Rights and Structural Attacks: Conversations with Walter Riley – By Jesse Strauss (Editor); Walter Riley (Interviewee); Boots Riley (Foreword) – Published by AK Press--Register!

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Monday, September 14, 2026, 7:00 pm PST

Walter Riley / Civil Rights and Structural Attacks

This event is free to the public and will take place both instore and online. The virtual part of the event will be hosted on the Zoom platform. You will need access to a device that is capable of accessing the internet. To attend online you must register. Instore seating is limited and on a first-come, first-serve basis. No reservation required.

Join Walter Riley, Jesse Strauss, and James Tracy with a special guest appearance by Boots Riley in conversation – City Lights celebrates the publication of – Civil Rights and Structural Attacks: Conversations with Walter Riley – By Jesse Strauss (Editor); Walter Riley (Interviewee); Boots Riley (Foreword) – Published by AK Press

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Nina Simone (1933-2003)

"There's no other purpose, so far as I'm concerned, for us except to reflect the times, the situations around us and the things we're able to say through our art, the things that millions of people can't say. I think that's the function of an artist and, of course, those of us who are lucky leave a legacy so that when we're dead, we also live on. That's people like Billie Holiday and I hope that I will be that lucky, but meanwhile, the function, so far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times, whatever that might be."

Editor's Bio

Kofi Natambu, editor of The Panopticon Review, is a writer, poet, cultural critic, and political journalist whose poetry, essays, criticism, reviews, and journalism have appeared in many literary magazines, journals, newspapers, and anthologies. He is the author of a biography MALCOLM X: His Life & Work (Alpha Books) and two books of poetry: THE MELODY NEVER STOPS (Past Tents Press) and INTERVALS (Post Aesthetic Press). He was the founder and editor of SOLID GROUND: A NEW WORLD JOURNAL, a national quarterly magazine of the arts, culture, and politics and the editor of a literary anthology NOSTALGIA FOR THE PRESENT (Post Aesthetic Press). Natambu has read his work throughout the country and given many lectures and workshops at academic and arts institutions. He has taught American literature, literary theory and criticism, cultural history and criticism, film studies, political science, creative writing, philosophy, critical theory, and music history and criticism (Jazz, Blues, R&B, Hip Hop) at many universities and colleges. He was also a curator in the Education Department of Detroit’s Museum of African American History. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Natambu currently lives in Berkeley, California with his wife Chuleenan.

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Monday, September 14, 2026

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