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Finally, The Bronx Gets A Bookstore To Call Its Own

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Last month, Noëlle Santos opened the first general-interest bookstore in the Bronx, The Lit. Bar. (Courtesy The Lit. Bar)
Last month, Noëlle Santos opened the first general-interest bookstore in the Bronx, The Lit. Bar. (Courtesy The Lit. Bar)

Although the Bronx is home to nearly as many people as Manhattan, it had no general-interest bookstore until Noëlle Santos (@bossynbookish) quit her job and opened The Lit. Bar last month.

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd checks in with her to see how business is going.

This segment aired on May 17, 2019.

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