East Harlem bookstore highlighting Latino literature started through community crowdfunding
*A meeting place for Latinos across New York City. It’s worth a visit if visit NYC. VL
Three years after opening its doors in East Harlem, La Casa Azul bookstore continues to inspire through the works of literary giants such as Gabriel García Márquez and Junot Diaz.
The store, entirely dedicated to highlighting and promoting Latino literature, is the brainchild of Aurora Anaya-Cerda who named it after Frida Kahlo’s home in Mexico City.
“When she was alive, it was a place where artists came together,” Anaya-Cerde, a middle-school teacher turned entrepreneur, told Fox News Latino. “And to make it with a focus on Latino literature, that was very intentional.”
La Casa Azul, which means “The Blue House,” is located at 103rd Street in East Harlem – the heart of El Barrio, a section of New York City where more than half the population is Latino.
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