Overview
- The first collection is live with 65 titles, including Shakespeare in Harlem by Langston Hughes and Bloodchild by Octavia E. Butler.
- The hybrid model pairs a digital archive with an honor-based physical lending system that requires online registration with a credit card.
- Each request is first come, first served, limited to one book per person for 45 days, with free return postage and replacement fees for loss or damage.
- The archive focuses on rare, out-of-print, and first-edition books, periodicals, zines, and artist catalogues by Black and Brown writers and artists.
- Saint Heron sponsors the initiative, founded and led by Solange, and organizers say additional collections will be released soon.