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Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe…Harlem’s “Reading Sanctuary”

Posted in Business/Companies with tags on February 12, 2009 by Media Daze
Marva Allen - Picture taken by Bennett Raglin for BR Photo Creations

Hue-man Bookstore owner: Marva Allen / Picture taken by Bennett Raglin for BR Photo Creations

Hue-Man Bookstore may not be a Barnes & Nobel, Borders, or B. Dalton bookstore, and by many accounts it has not achieved their level of popularity. So, when you are out shopping for a best-selling novel it is quite unlikely that Hue-Man will even show up on your radar…

Although, during a recent interview with Hue-Man’s co-owner and CEO Marva Allen, she described the beauty behind her book sanctuary and the life it has given to a fallen community that has been underserved for years.

According to Ms. Allen, Hue-Man is a unique bookstore that offers a unique experience. It is purposely designed afro-centric in style with a vast collection of literary work by or about African Americans; yet it also includes a tall list of New York Times best-sellers, and titles authored by Caribbean and African writers.

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