Boston’s Only Spanish Language Used Bookstore, Libreria Donceles, Opens at Urbano Project in JP

Urbano Project will present Librería Donceles, a socially-engaged art project consisting of an itinerant bookstore of more than 10,000 used books in Spanish.

Created by New York-based artist and educator Pablo Helguera out of a desire to address the lack of literary outlets that serve the growing Hispanic and Latino communities in the United States, Librería Donceles will be the sole Spanish-language bookstore in the Greater Boston area, bringing attention to the fact that there are millions of Spanish speakers in the US and yet a scarcity of books in Spanish.

“Urbano is thrilled to host Librería Donceles, a powerful installation that invites the community to join us in advocating for cultural understanding and social justice,” said Urbano Executive Director Stella Aguirre McGregor. “The bookstore’s residency will further our mission to create a dynamic space where an exchange of ideas and language happens between artists, students, creative practitioners, and people who live in the community.”

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