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Kindred Stories, an all-ages bookstore specializing in Black authors and stories, has debuted as an online bookstore and is eyeing an end-of-summer opening for a bricks-and-mortar location, the Leader reported.
Owner Terri Hamm founded the online bookstore in February. A resident of the Houston Heights neighborhood, Hamm plans to open the bricks-and-mortar store in Houston's Third Ward, a neighborhood that has not had as much access to books or bookstores.
Along with selling books online, Hamm has been setting up Kindred Stories pop-up locations at coffee shops and at the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, and she's already started working with local schools. She hopes to expand those community partnerships by working with nonprofit organizations. Kindred Stories is also hosting virtual events, including a recent one with Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child fame.
Hamm told the Leader that starting a bookstore of her own grew out of her efforts trying to find books for her daughter that featured Black characters and were written by Black authors. "I wanted a way for her and for other people to be able to explore multiple genres in Black literature. And I realized that there was not a space for that in Houston."