Unpacking the Bookstore

It Takes a Community to Raise a Bookstore

Can a community be silenced by construction?    Imagine a place of safety, of community, of culture. Eso Won Books, an independently owned African-American bookstore in the heart of the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, is that community center....

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| Apr 12, 2015

Eso Won Books: A Community Bookstore

Eso Won Books in Leimert Park, Los Angeles Community is a type of family, a group of people you can talk to and share your ideas with, learn from, and make memories with. Eso Won Books is all about its community of customers and authors. For owners, Tom Hamilton...

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| Jan 30, 2015