A Free Little Library for BIPOC Authors

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( Tuesday, april 13 mutual aid [A New Network of Little Free Libraries Stocks Exclusively BIPOC Authors]( “A lot of people don’t have exposure to Black authors; I didn’t.” Photo: Courtesy of Amplify Library Next to the Jackson Heights community fridge on 80th Street and Northern Boulevard, there’s a small wooden box anchored in a flower pot. It’s painted blue and yellow and says “BIPOC Authors Only.” Open the door, and you’ll find books like Darnell L. Moore’s No Ashes in the Fire and Ijeoma Oluo’s So You Want to Talk About Race. It’s one of the four Amplify Libraries that have cropped up around the city since last September. There’s also one on Mott Street, just south of Canal in Chinatown; on Linden Street in Bushwick; and on 44th Street in Sunnyside. [Continue reading »]( Never miss a story from Curbed: [Subscribe now.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [The Look Book Goes to the Rockaway YMCA Checking in with masked members at the gym.]( By Jane Starr Drinkard and Brock Colyar [Mr. Cyclone Is Back in the Front Car At 5:30 this morning, the roller coaster’s first rider of the season arrived for his 15th opening day.]( By Caroline Spivack [At Home in an Old Hotel in Nomad After 15 years, Julie Chartoff and Irene Glezos finally really renovated their apartment inside the historic Gilsey House.]( By Wendy Goodman [One of the Best Furniture Stores in New York Is Run by a Staten Island Commune “The radical-honesty thing happening in the store was getting in the way of running a store.”]( By Katy Schneider [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( [Subscribe to New York]( [Subscribe to New York]( Getunlimited access]( more great stories from New York, home of Intelligencer, the Cut, Vulture, Curbed, Grub Street, and the Strategist. [SUBSCRIBE NOW]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=curbed) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on e-mail newsletters please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 11th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2021, All rights reserved