Chicago’s first black woman-owned bookstore is open for business

Semicolon—a vibrant new bookstore, community space, and gallery for Chicago’s street art scene—opened its doors on Tuesday with a party and mural unveiling. The store is just one of a handful of woman-owned bookstores in Chicago and its only bookstore owned by a black woman. An author and editor with a PhD in literary theory, owner DL Mullen […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-12 15:33:15 UTC ]
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Libro.fm Opens, Audiobook Sales Through Local Bookstores

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Donations pour in for Asian American-owned NYC bookstore decimated by fire

An Asian American-owned bookstore in Manhattan’s Chinatown left gutted by a July fourth fire is getting flooded with support from the community, writers and celebrities Continue reading at ABC News

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Transgender woman, bookstore, teacher sue over Montana law banning drag reading events

A transgender woman, the owners of an independent bookstore and an educator who teaches in costume are among those challenging Montana's first-in-the-nation law that bans people dressed in drag from reading to children in public schools or libraries Continue reading at ABC News

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Transgender woman, bookstore, teacher sue over Montana law banning drag reading events

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Customers Race to Support Chicago Bookstore Shut by Holiday NASCAR Event

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The Black-owned publishing houses that shaped the Windrush generation

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The FBI is spying on a Chicago bookstore because it’s hosting “extremists.”

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How Stoicism Guided Me Through Opening a Small Town Bookstore in the Midst of the Pandemic

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Hamish Hamilton's Chukwu wins at Black British Business Awards

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Canada’s Kids Can Press Opens a ‘Black Write’ Incubator with Nelvana

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