Editor's Note: This conversation originally aired Nov. 27, 2023.
Before there was “Book-Tok,” there was Troy Johnson, curating a website called the African American Literature Book Club.
Through more than two decades running the site, Johnson has seen a surge of growth in books written for and by Black readers. Though he's also written about a decline in the number of Black-owned independent bookstores.
Since 2021, at least three Black-owned bookstores have opened in North Carolina, including Langston Miller and Victoria Scott-Miller’s Liberation Station in downtown Raleigh.
A conversation about reading, and representation, on Due South.
Guests
Troy Johnson, founder African American Literature Book Club
Victoria Scott-Miller, co-founderLiberation Station book store
Langston Miller, co-founder Liberation Station
