It seems Charis Books & More has fallen on hard times, after three decades as a beacon for lesbians across the region, the South’s oldest feminist bookstore needs a significant increase in sales if it is to survive to reach its 32nd birthday next November, according to Bryant and Charis co-owner Sara Look. In a widely disseminated Dec. 11 email, the bookstore’s staff asked the “Charis Community†if they still “want and need Charis to be here.â€
“We hear shoppers and volunteers and community members say yes, Charis is needed and wanted, but the numbers are singing a different song,†the email said. “If business doesn’t pick up rapidly, we will be forced to close.â€
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