About Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Centre: 
Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Centre is an innovative literacy center located in Akron, Ohio, and designed to amplify and celebrate marginalized voices. Our catalog highlights, promotes, amplifies, celebrates, and honors the work of QTBIPOC writers who are often excluded from traditional cultural, social, and academic canons. Through curated collections of own voices' narratives, Elizabeth's seeks to educate and re-shape the lens of readers as they see themselves and how they view the world.

Founded by Akron native, Rachel Elizabeth Cargle, this bookstore and writing centre is a manifestation of her passions as an activist and author.  Located in Akron's Middlebury neighborhood, the bookstore is committed to contributing to the city's vibrant economic resurgence as a safe gathering space rooted in the values of community, curiosity, justice, and joy. A percentage of all sales from Elizabeth's will go to The Loveland Foundation, Inc. Therapy Fund for Black women, girls, and gender-expansive people.

About our Bookshop.org Page:
This page has allowed Elizabeth's to serve readers beyond Akron, Ohio, and withstand multiple shutdowns during the pandemic. Below you will find dynamic reading lists curated by our knowledgeable booksellers in Akron including the notable #Revolution Reading List. These virtual shelves highlight a subject, mood, and/or age group. We add new books & create new lists often, so please check back regularly for the very latest. You may also use the search bar at the top of the page to find any title you're looking for, regardless of whether it appears on one of our reading lists. Books available on this site are for HOME DELIVERY anywhere in the US. On Bookshop.org, there is a real person behind each list working to highlight and promote amazing QTBIPOC-centered books and making sure that independent bookstores remain a key feature of local communities. 

Thank you for exploring the rich QTBIPOC literary landscape with us! For more information on Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Centre and Rachel Cargle's other ventures, please visit our website or follow us on Instagram. 

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Visit our website: https://www.elizabethsofakronshop.com