Bookstore News: December 19, 2016. Houston gets a Latino bookstore

Latino Bookstore Opens in Houston: The city’s newest bookstore, the nonprofit Nuestra Palabra Arts & Books, is located inside the Latino cultural arts center, Talento Bilingüe de Houston.

The three founders include Tony Diaz, who launched an organization to promote Latino literature and Literacy two decades ago, Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having their Say; Richard Reyes, the founder of TBH; and TBH executive director Javier Perez. Diaz told the Houston Chronicle that they have no intention of competing with Amazon. They want the bookstore and art gallery to be a cultural center for Latinos.

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