Filed Under: [ Hispanic News ] [ New York ] [ New York City ]
Tags: book, Professor, Spanish-language
Knowledge is Power!
The closing of two landmark Spanish-language bookstores on W. 14th St. has left long-term customers scrambling for alternative options around the city.
Librería Lectorum shut down in September after nearly half a century in business, followed last month by 35-year-old Librería Macondo. Both operated within a block of each other in Chelsea.
“I am in total shock,” said Raquel Chang-Rodríguez, a professor of Spanish-American literature at CUNY’s Graduate Center and City College. “We live in a city that is supposed to be the capital of the Hispanic world in the U.S. and we lack two of our main Spanish-language bookstores. What can we do?””*
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