Latino libraries turning the page – New York
Tagged: book, New York, New York City, Professor, Spanish-languagePosted on: November 28th, 2007
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?””*
Curation from Tomás
Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, Additional News
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