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MORE “Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America” is one recommendation from James Fugate, co-owner of Eso Won Books. Image courtesy of nmaahc.si.edu. Black-owned businesses saw a wave of customers following the murder of George Floyd and the protests sparked by his death. People wanted to put their money where their mouths were by supporting their neighbors of color. A year later, KCRW checks in with James Fugate, co-owner of Eso Won Books in Leimert Park, to see whether that support has held steady. His shop specializes in titles about race and works by Black authors. ....
Eso Won and Crockett Named PWâs Bookstore and Sales Rep of the Year By Alex Green, with reporting by Eugene Holley Jr. and Claire Kirch | May 25, 2021 Publishers Weekly has named the L.A.-based indie bookstore Eso Won Books its Bookstore of the Year. Simon & Schuster sales rep Toi Crockett has been named PW Sales Rep of the Year. The announcement was made the afternoon of May 25 during the inaugural U.S. Book Show. In nomination letters from their colleagues in the publishing industry, Eso Won and Crockett were hailed not only for a mastery of their respective trades but their tireless and successful work in support of the American literary scene and those who sustain it from authors and booksellers to readers, schools, publishers, and literary organizations. ....
By Eugene Holley Jr. | May 14, 2021 Eso Won has long been one of the country’s preeminent Black-owned bookstores and, of course, was indispensable this past year,” noted Ellen Adler, publisher of the New Press, in her nominating letter. “But that’s nothing new: it has long been indispensable as those who are lucky enough to count it as their local bookstore or who have made the pilgrimage and had a visit well know.” Originally named Eso Won Books on Wheels, the bookstore, now located in Leimert Park Village, an African American business district in central Los Angeles, was founded by owners James Fugate and Tom Hamilton. From the start, their goal was to sell books at community events. Over the years, Fugate says, “we have worked with local bookselling groups, been a part of the ....
LIFE / CULTURE The next chapter By Reuters Published: Apr 22, 2021 09:18 PM The histories, poems and novels were all there, lining the shelves of some of the best known black-owned and activist bookstores in the US. And the talk filling cultural hubs like Busboys and Poets in Washington on Wednesday was about the latest chapter in US civil rights: the murder conviction of a white police officer for killing a black man. James Fugate, co-owner of Eso Won Books, arranges copies of former president Barack Obama s memoir A Promised Land in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles on November 24, 2020. Photo: VCG ....