#Literary Activism

Tired of reading about That Guy and those terrible things he did? Focus instead on boosting some deserving Latina authors.

Independent bookstores are on the rise again, but radical bookshops that serve LGBT, Left-leaning, Anarchist, and BME groups are the first to suffer in a shifting literary industry.

It's National Library Week, and we're spreading the word about EveryLibrary, an organization that supports local library initiatives throughout the US.

Angela Spring has launched a pop-up, mobile bookstore that only sells work by people of color. Here, we chat with her about trends, customer experiences, and the joys and troubles of her job.

Phoenix-based indie bookstore, Changing Hands Bookstore, recently announced that they'll no longer be using FedEx for their outbound shipping services, due to the company's ties to the NRA. Other indie booksellers are doing the same.

Do some good by funding these public school classrooms!

Let's pour some money for students in some of the cold schools in Baltimore.

The recent banning and unbanning of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow highlights the importance of books in prisons and issues of limiting prison library materials.

Get inspired to do some literary good by Mark Ruffalo.

Many organizations provide books to people in prison--we've rounded-up a few of their Amazon wish lists so you can donate books to people in prison.