City of Asylum Bookstore at Alphabet City

ICYMI: A PROMISED LAND will be published a week from today! Reserve your copy today: https://www.cityofasylumbooks.org/book/9781524763169

We opened in January 2017, two weeks before the Muslim ban was implemented. The values that drive us as an organization: freedom of expression, diversity, multiculturalism, international ism, decency, and fairness have all been under siege these last four years. We look forward to that changing moving forward.

Got the urge to stress shop? Scratch that itch and get your holiday shopping done at the same time! We’re open daily from 12-5pm and 24/7 on our website.

Ferrante fever is back on Tuesday, November 10th! We’re thrilled to host an virtual evening with Elena Ferrante’s translator Ann Goldstein and @europaeditions EIC Michael Reynolds. Visit www.alphabetcity.org to learn more and to RSVP to this event! #ferrantefever

We're partnering with the University of Pittsburgh's Office of Child Development on their annual Books For Change book drive! This year's theme is Raising Antiracist Readers. The Office of Child Development has worked to support social justice and racial equity, and this year's 25 books reflect that aim. With each title, we hope promote positive racial identity development in children. Help us get these books to children across our community! Buy a book (or two) from this list and we'll take of the rest: https://www.cityofasylumbooks.org/raising-antiracist-reader