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… read more →
California native, Lewis Buzbee, wrote a memoir titled The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop, where he describes his first time in Printers Inc. Upon entry, he says it feels like a bookstore and shaped… read more →
Eso Won Books is open for business as well as conversation as the open layout shows. There is space to move around, to walk, to pull up a chair and… read more →
The 1990s brought new changes to the world. The Cold War had just ended as the Berlin Wall fell months before, bringing a hope of peace and safety. A new… read more →
If you go to yelp.com and search for Eso Won Books, you’ll see that Eso Won bookstore is the first store to pop up, unless you forgot to change the location… read more →
“Take long stares at your hand until true love returns to your touch Then touch Stand right in a garment of light I want to pour poems into the open… read more →
Defining “place” can seem simple enough. The word is often colloquially used to describe the site someone is located in. However, there are larger implications and meanings of “place” than… read more →