As we observe Black history month, let’s also celebrate Black joy, culture and perseverance.
Below are 5 Black Latinx bookstores to support this month.
THE LIT. BAR (Bronx, NY)
Opened April 27, 2019, the only indie bookstore in the borough of the Bronx. Owned by Bronx Native Noëlle Santos.
BRONX BOUND BOOKS (BRONX, NY)
Launched in May of 2019, Latanya DeVaughn started the first mobile bookstore in The Bronx
CAFé CON LIBROS (Brooklyn, NY)
An “Intersectional Feminist Bookstore & Coffee Shop” owned by Kalima Desuze and husband Ryan Cameron.
TAINO STUDIOS (DOVER, DE)
Founded in 2021 and owned by Justin Williams. “An independent socially conscious book store & creative studio.”
ESTELITA’S LIBRARY (Seattle, WA)
Opened in 2018, a “Justice focused community library” owned by Edwin Lindo and his partner, Dr. Estell Williams.
Know of any other Black Latinx Bookstores in the US and Puerto Rico? Let us know in the comments or email latinosinpub@gmail.com.
Tiffany Gonzalez is the Marketing Manager at Astra House. She previously worked in Production at HarperCollins Publishers. She has worked on the Publicity and Marketing campaign for Dreaming of You by Melissa Lozada-Oliva and on the Marketing campaigns for Becoming Abolitionists by Derecka Purnell, The Sex Lives of African Women by Nana Darkoa Sekiyamah and The Town of Babylon by Alejandro Varela. She has earned her Bachelors and Master's degrees from Rutgers University - NB. She is Dominican-American and fluid in Spanish. You can follow her on Instagram @wandering_tiff_ or visit her website at wanderingtiff.com
