The History of a Crown Height’s Bookstore Café Con Libros of Crown Heights, Brooklyn was founded in 2017 by social activist, new mother, teacher, and Afro-Latinx woman, Kalima Desuze. She grew up in Crown Heights and is remarkably familiar with the neighborhood...
villamarin | Oct 8, 2023
Isolation in Intersectionality: How Cafe Con Libros is Breaking Boundaries in Crown Heights Photo from Poets & Writers On the corner of Prospect Place and Rogers Avenue sits a dog kennel, a beauty salon, a restaurant, and a small bookstore café called Café con...
deangelo | Oct 8, 2023
"Coffee and Community, Coming Right Up!" How Cafe Con Libros Fights to Unite Crown Heights The storefront of Cafe Con Libros, facing Prospect Place in Crown Heights. Image curtesy of Rolling Out. Tucked behind a cozy curtain of sage, forest, seafood, and bottle...
pasquale | Sep 18, 2023