Earlier this year, Possible Futures expanded our Read in Color program to New Haven, Connecticut with a variety of events to celebrate the launch. Possible Futures is a member of the Spring 2024 Read in Color cohort.
Possible Futures is a community bookspace, a cross between a community reading room and an independent bookstore. It welcomes you, whether you’re looking to purchase, peruse, or plan. The bookstore provides a curated collection of books, artwork, events, and goodies that feed the mind, nourish the body, and sustain the soul. It prioritizes shelf space primarily for authors and topics that have been historically underrepresented in publishing and on public shelves.
Read on to see more from the Possible Futures Read in Color launches, and check out the “LFL” highlight on the Possible Futures Instagram profile!
Customers at the LaundroMax laundromat in New Haven can pass the time waiting for their laundry with a book thanks to the So Fresh and So Clean Little Free Library right inside the store.
The LoveBabz BookJoy Box on Ivy Street sits outside a home that acts as a central gathering place in the community. Babz welcomes anyone and everyone from the neighborhood to stop by for a book and hang out on the porch.
The Read in Color initiative has launched in 19 U.S. cities to date, from New York and Washington, D.C. to Atlanta and Phoenix, with plans for even greater expansion this year. More than 250 Read in Color Little Free Libraries and 45,000+ diverse books celebrating Black, Latinx, Asian, Indigenous, LGBTQ+, and other important voices have been shared so far. Learn more and sign the Read in Color pledge!