This exhibition in our Children's Area is part of the UA Poetry Center's multi-year celebration of independent bookstores and libraries from around the world, which will feature many lost, endangered, and otherwise dramatic and brave oases people have built to protect, house, share, and enjoy books around the world. 

This season's featured bookstore is the African National Bookstore in Harlem. The Poetry Center has recreated the facade of this historic bookstore as well as a jazz club and a bodega in the Children's Area, and invites you to explore Harlem! You'll find music, literature, and even a portal to a different moment in history in this recreated city!