From a Black-owned shop in Pasadena to an indie-press outfit in Highland Park and a podcaster’s Westside perch, new bookstores are putting down roots.
North Figueroa Bookshop’s team: store manager Madeline Gobbo, Unnamed Press publisher Chris Heiser and Tyson Cornell, founder of Rare Bird Lit.
Like many gentrifying neighborhoods, Highland Park isn’t the easiest place for a store to settle in, long term. Most bookstores have come and gone, but that might change with North Figueroa Bookshop, the product of a collaboration between two local indie publishers — Chris Heiser of Unnamed Press and Tyson Cornell of Rare Bird Lit — who also enlisted two bigger presses to sponsor their new shop. They hope it becomes a sustainable model of bookselling, a kind of craft brewery for books.
In a few years, Zibby Owens has grown a single podcast, “Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books,” into a sprawling business that includes a magazine, an events series, a new publishing company and, beginning this weekend, Zibby’s Bookshop. Far from her primary home in Manhattan, Owens brings her book-club-oriented selections to a bookshop-starved corner of Santa Monica. And she’s here to stay. “There is something about books,” Owens says, “that will never really go away.
Norge Siste Nytt, Norge Overskrifter
Similar News:Du kan også lese nyheter som ligner på denne som vi har samlet inn fra andre nyhetskilder.
Houston Black-owned restaurants and businesses to supportFebruary is Black History Month and what better way to celebrate than with exploring Houston's Black history at museums and landmarks, trying new food and supporting Black owned businesses.
Les mer »
Opinion | The Black-on-Black violence that keeps the Blue Lives Matter crowd extra quietJarvis DeBerry: We give police an awesome amount of power and discretion, making it near impossible to hold them personally liable for violations while in uniform. There’s nothing about being Black that stops a person given such power from running amok.
Les mer »
Evolution Festival to Feature Brandi Carlile, Black Keys, Black Crowes, Ben Harper, Ice Cube & MoreFirst-time event will take place in St. Louis in late August.
Les mer »
Three Black Paramore Fans on Why Black People Love a White Pop-Punk BandDoes the “Black people love Paramore” meme challenge stereotypes or perpetuate them? Yes.
Les mer »
Opinion | My kids need to know that Black is brilliance. So we go to museums.Opinion by Danté Stewart: The history of Black people is also the history of Black parents refusing to allow the world to erase our stories.
Les mer »
Books about Black and Hispanic historical figures under review in Florida schoolsThousands of books in Florida are subject to review due to three state laws impacting certain subjects in education, including race, gender and sexual orientation, officials say.
Les mer »