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While the era of Amazon and AbeBooks has provided us with greater access to Black literature than at any time in history, one-click purchases and algorithmically-determined recommendations can never replace the intimate and independent Black public spheres created by booksellers like Mulzac and bookstores like Liberation Books. -[excerpt] Memories, good memories of time spent in Liberation Books (Harlem), Timbuktu (Cleveland), Hue-man (Denver)- Black bookstores visited that are now closed. Intimate spaces. Informal classrooms. And more. Look forward to engaging many of these recommendations.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Jul 2013 05:52:36 +0000

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