NoΓ«lle Santos, an Afro-Boricua launched a crowdfunding campaign via Indiegogo last month in hopes of opening The Lit. Bar in her borough. The Bronx was left with no bookstores after the Barnes & Nobles at the Bay Plaza Shopping Center recently closed.
Santos envisions her business as both a bookstore and a wine bar, βa social hub for people to come together and talk about social issues,β she told PIX11 News. βThatβs something Amazon cannot provide.β

















