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People Magazine: Jennifer Lopez Steps Out in Hometown of the Bronx to Support Latina-Owned Small Business

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Inc. Magazine: This Startup Is Taking On Amazon to Help Independent Bookstores

Vogue: Millions of People Are Marching Against Racism. Many of Them Are Also Buying Books About It.

Forbes: Noëlle Santos opened The Lit. Bar to bring books to her neighborhood. Now her line of customers spans across the country.

Shelf Awareness: How Bookstores Are Coping: Strong Customer Support, Sense of Mission

Kulture Hub: A list of NYC Black-owned bookstores and businesses you can support

PIX 11 News: How independent Bronx bookstore The Lit. Bar is navigating COVID-19 shutdown

People: Books to Read for a Better Understanding of Systemic Racism, Whiteness and the Black Experience

VegOut NY: 14 SPOTS TO SHOP BLACK-OWNED VEGAN GIFTS ONLINE

The Cut: ‘The Bronx Is Not Going to Let This Bookstore Close’

New York Magazine: 7 Anti-Racist Books Recommended by Educators and Activists

Martha Stewart: Support These Black-Owned Bookstores Across the Country

Buzzfeed: 12 Black-Owned Bookstores You Can Support Right Now

Town & Country Mag: 22 Black-Owned Bookstores to Shop Right Now (and Always)

Elle: 16 Black-Owned Bookstores To Shop From Today And Every Day—What good is your antiracist reading list if you’re withholding money from the very people you’re attempting to support?

TimeOut NY: NYC's Black-owned bookstores give us their top recommendations

Vogue: Vogue’s 9-Step Guide To Fight Racism Beyond Performative Posting

TimeOut NY fKids: Black-owned businesses in NYC that are perfect for families

Publisher’s Weekly: Bookstores Show Support for Protests

Romper: 31 Children’s Books Starring Black Characters Your Kids Will Love

MAY

Esquire: Inside the Book Industry's Battle to Stay Afloat During the COVID-19 Crisis

CNBC: Coronavirus nearly took this young Bronx man’s life, now the shutdown threatens his livelihood

FEBRUARY

Mic: The Political Resilience of the Black-owned Bookstore


2019

DECEMBER

Chase: Meet the entrepreneur who brought bookstores back to the Bronx

NBC: The Lit. Bar Rocks The Bronx

Curbed NY: 13 good things that happened in NYC in 2019

NOVEMBER

NY Daily News: Get out and shop! A holiday guide to buying local in NYC

Style Your Mind Podcast: Entrepreneur Noelle Santos Started a FIRE with The Lit Bar

TODAY Show: Small businesses featured on the plaza

AUGUST

Pure Wow: The 7 Coolest Things to Do in Mott Haven, the South Bronx’s Creative Hub

JUNE

Book Riot: THERE IS NOW A BOOKSTORE IN THE BRONX

MAY

Elle: Noelle Santos Had Never Stepped Inside An Independent Bookstore. Now She Owns The Bronx's Only One.

AM NY: The Lit. Bar, the Bronx’s only general interest bookstore, can ’empower’ the borough, owner says 

Bronx Times: The snazzy new Lit Bar offically opens on Alexander Ave.

Untapped NY: The Lit. Bar, the Only Independent Bookstore in the Bronx is Open

NYU Washington Square News: Noëlle Santos Brings Books Back to the Bronx

Bookselling This Week: ABA Celebrates Grand Opening of The Lit. Bar, the Bronx’s New Bookstore/Wine Bar

APRIL

CBS: Bronx’s Only Independent Bookstore Opens In Mott Haven

6sqft: The Bronx’s [Only] independent bookstore is now open

New York Times: A Bookstore, Finally, Comes to the Bronx

New York Post: Meet the owner of the Bronx’s newly minted — and only — bookstore

Curbed NY: The Lit. Bar, the Bronx’s only indie bookstore, finally opens—Take a peek inside the much-anticipated shop

Bookselling This Week: The Lit. Bar to Open on Independent Bookstore Day: An Exclusive Interview With Noëlle Santos

Bookselling This Week: The Lit. Bar Hosts Soft Launch Events

March

Book Post: Notebook: A Bookstore Grows in the Bronx

Teen Vogue: The Lit Bar Is the Bronx's New Bookstore Putting the Community First

Bronx Times: The Lit Bar Hosts ‘Dealing In Dreams’ Book Launch

Forbes: Great Idea But No Capital? How To Launch A Business Through Crowdfunding

FEBRUARY

Black Enterprise: COZY UP TO A BOOK AT THIS BRONX-BASED BLACK-OWNED BOOKSTORE

January

The Real Deal: Bedford 2.0? Can a street filled with small, trendy retail take off in the South Bronx?

2018

DEcember

Hip Latina: 12 Latina Heroes Who Kicked Ass in 2018

OCTOBER

Oprah Magazine: These Women Are Solving the Bronx's Literary Crisis

September

PBS: The Great American Read (aired 9/18/2018 Noëlle tours The Lit. Bar and reps A Tree Grow In Brooklyn at the 24:39 mark)

PBS’ MetroFocus: THE GREAT AMERICAN READ: THE BRONX

August

The Atlatnic's City Lab: The Bronx. Don't Call It A Comeback

May

New York Magazine: April 2017 Issue page 51. Ask A Shop Clerk | Best Bets: Pretty Brooms, a New Bronx Bookstore, and a Bedding Start-Up in Soho

New York Magazine: April 2017 Issue page 51. Ask A Shop Clerk | Best Bets: Pretty Brooms, a New Bronx Bookstore, and a Bedding Start-Up in Soho

New York Magazine: December 2017 Issue page 46. Reasons to Love New York (#17).

New York Magazine: December 2017 Issue page 46. Reasons to Love New York (#17).

Essence Magazine: June 2017 Issue. Trending Topics.

Essence Magazine: June 2017 Issue. Trending Topics.

Ebony Magazine: March 2017 Issue page 70. Woman Up!

Ebony Magazine: March 2017 Issue page 70. Woman Up!

Forbes: How One Social Entrepreneur Aims To Transform The Image Of The Bronx--With A Bookstore

New 12 The Bronx: Bronx woman raises funds to open bookstore bar

Ozy: Bronx Tales II: Leaving Home at 16

Ozy: Bronx Tales IV: Success Depends on What You Value

Literary Hub: THE CHALLENGES OF BRINGING A BOOKSTORE-BAR TO THE BRONX

TimeOut New York: Eight bad-ass New York women who are making a difference

Lit Ish: On The Plus Side: The Lit. Bar Will Serve Up Books, Wine, & Bronx-Pride!

Curbed New York: The Bronx is one step closer towards getting a bookstore

TimeOut New York: The Bronx is getting its only bookstore soon, thanks to a successful crowdfunding campaign

Forbes: An Enterprising Woman Makes Bringing Books To The Bronx Her Business

Bookselling This Week:  Noelle Santos’ Lit. Bar Hits $100,000 Fundraising Goal

February

Glamour: Meet the Woman Bringing a Bookstore Back to the Bronx

NY1 News: Aspiring Owner Passes Fundraising Goal to Open Bookstore in Bronx

DNAinfo: 'Goddamn Bookstore' Coming to The Bronx After Crowdfunding Goal Surpassed

Fast Company: One Woman’s Mission To Open The Only Bookstore In The Bronx

Bookselling This Week: Noelle Santos’ Lit. Bar Gathers Momentum for a Summer Opening  

Mic: The only bookstore in the Bronx

Latina Magazine: INSPIRING LATINA: MEET NOËLLE SANTOS, AN AFRO-BORICUA CAMPAIGNING FOR THE ONLY BOOKSTORE IN THE BRONX

Forbes: One Woman's Quest To Bring A Bookstore To The Bronx Highlights Publishing's Diversity Problem

Fusion: How two women of color are flipping the script on Bronx stereotypes

Atlanta Black Star: Entrepreneur Seeks to Fill Literature Void with Bronx’s [Only] Independently-Owned Bookstore

Huffington Post: This Afro-Latina Is Raising Funds To Open The Bronx’s Only Bookstore

Book Riot: HOW TO SUPPORT THE MOST LIT BOOKSTORE IN THE BRONX

News 12 The Bronx: Proposed Bronx bookstore generates buzz

DNAinfo: Michael Moore Is Mad There Isn't a Bookstore in The Bronx

NY1 News: Woman Launches Campaign to Open Independent Bookstore in the Bronx

Fusion: There are no bookstores left in the Bronx. This woman wants to change that.

Vibe: An Ode To The Bronx: Lit Bar Founder, Noelle Santos, Campaigns To Open Local Bookstore

Mitú: This boricua is bringing an indie bookstore to her neighborhood of 1.4 million

January

Book Riot: 50 MUST-VISIT BEAUTIFUL BOOKSTORES ON SIX CONTINENTS (We're #39)

Remezcla: There Are no Bookstores in the Bronx. This Woman’s IndieGoGo Campaign Aims to Change That

Book Riot Podcast: The Lit. Bar  Indiegogo is Live! (50:53 minute mark)

Curbed New York: One Bronx resident is on a mission to open the borough’s only bookstore

Spoiled NYC: This Woman’s on a Mission to Open the Only Bookstore in the Bronx

Gothamist: Bronx Woman Launches Crowdfund Campaign To Bring Bookstore To The Borough

Dow Jones: Thanks, Amazon! Now indie bookstores are booming

2016

December

NowThis News: This woman is creating a much needed literary space for her community

BronxNet: SELF GENTRIFICATION SALON YOU DON'T HAVE TO MOVE OUT OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO LIVE IN A BETTER ONE

The Atlantic's City Lab: 1.4 Million People, 1 Bookstore

The Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC): How to Open an Independent Bookstore

News 12 The Bronx: Bronx Native to Open New Bookstore in the Bronx  

November

The New York Times: What it Takes to Open a Bookstore

The New Yorker: The Bronx Loses It's Only Bookstore

Bronx Times: Bronx resident to open bookstore after B&N closes| Print: (Page 6): Bronx resident prepares to launch novel bookstore

New York Daily News: Is this bookstores’ last chapter? The Bronx will soon be without a single one

FOX 5 News: Planned Bookstore Would Pair Books and Wine

Gothamist: There Will Soon Be Zero Bookstores In The Bronx 

New York Daily News (page 13): Bronx Bookworm Looks To Fill Barnes and Noble Void 

Vibe Magazine: This Boricua Is Plotting To Open The Bronx’s First Independent Bookstore

October

DNAinfo New York: Why One Woman is Opening the [Only] Independent Bookstore in the Bronx

Shelf Awareness Pro: B&N to Close Bronx Store; New 'Urgency' for Lit.Bar

September

Shelf Awareness Pro: The Lit. Bar's Big Step Toward Opening in the South Bronx

American Bookseller's Association: Plan for Bronx Bookstore/Wine Bar Wins $7,500 Award in Business Startup Competition

The New York Public Library Raises a Glass to Celebrate the Winners of the 2016 StartUP! Business Plan Competition, Supported by the Citi Foundation

August

The Virgo Girl: Meet Blogger and Entrepreneur Noelle Santos

DNAinfo: Bronx Indie Bookstore and Wine Bar Is a Finalist in Startup Competition

American Bookseller's Association: Plan for Bronx Bookstore/Wine Bar Moves to Final Round of Business Competition

Ebbs 'N' Flows Photography: Reflections with Noelle Santos

July

BronxNet's Open University: Noëlle Santos' sit down with host, Nicole Larossi aired on July 26, 2016 at 4:00 pm (EST). Cablevision: Channel 67 | Verizon Fios: Channel 33. The segment starts at the 12-minute mark.

Remezcla: Meet the Bronx Native Trying to Bring an Indie Bookstore Back to Her Borough

PIX 11 News:  Bronx native on mission to bring ‘lit’ bookstore to borough

June

Shelf Awareness Pro: The Lit. Bar to Open in the South Bronx

American Booksellers Association: Borough Native to Open Bookstore/Wine Bar in South Bronx

Publisher's Weekly: Indie Bookstore Headed to the South Bronx

 

June 2nd: Noëlle submits business plan to NYPL's NY StartUp! Business Plan Competition