{"id":14,"date":"2021-07-20T10:34:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T10:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paperbacksandpearls.com\/index.php\/podcasts\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T01:45:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T01:45:03","slug":"podcasts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paperbacksandpearls.com\/index.php\/podcasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Black-Owned Bookstore Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"14\" class=\"elementor elementor-14\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e8f315 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e8f315\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-efdd628\" data-id=\"efdd628\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc544d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc544d6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d54e22b\" data-id=\"d54e22b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47bd69d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"47bd69d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Black-Owned Bookstore Tour<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9983a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9983a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>In May 2021, an idea came to me to go on a bookstore tour of different states. Specifically, I wanted to visit independent, Black-owned bookstores (I even <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/natalie_melia\/status\/1392892366772654080?s=46&amp;t=Z8FgkWS7sKZRmG2SawrsVw\">tweeted<\/a> about it!). In July of that year, I started the tour in Oakland, CA &#8211; check out my post on Marcus Books to see why that was so special. Each stop has given me a little bit of history, a little bit of new literature, and a lot of joy. If you are a reader, you know that independent bookstores face challenges to stay open. For Black-owned ones, think twice those challenges. When you see a shop near you posted on my tour, go check them out and support!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black-Owned Bookstore Tour In May 2021, an idea came to me to go on a bookstore tour of different states. Specifically, I wanted to visit independent, Black-owned bookstores (I even tweeted about it!). In July of that year, I started the tour in Oakland, CA &#8211; check out my post on Marcus Books to see &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/paperbacksandpearls.com\/index.php\/podcasts\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Black-Owned Bookstore Tour<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"disabled","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"n.melia.griffin@gmail.com","author_link":"https:\/\/paperbacksandpearls.com\/index.php\/author\/n-melia-griffingmail-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Black-Owned Bookstore Tour In May 2021, an idea came to me to go on a bookstore tour of different states. 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