Kristina Clark has dreamed of opening Loving Room: diaspora books + salon since 2012.
This Labor Day, a full decade later, Loving Room, one of the few Black-owned bookstores in Seattle, opens at 1400 20th Avenue in the Central District, sharing a building with the Liink Project — Stephanie Morales’ cooperative retail space, art gallery and event venue highlighting Black artists and businesses.
“It had to be now or never,” said Clark, Loving Room’s curator, creator and owner. “I think I got to the point where I had to face the fact that, you know, it’s one thing to nurture this dream and to hold onto this dream, but without investing time, energy, effort and resources, that’s all it would be, which would be this dream and this hope.”
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