Talking Drum Bookstore and Reflections Coffeehouse, the African-American bookstore and café in Portland, Ore., is closing at the end of the month, according to the Skanner. Owner Gloria McMurtry said that the causes were gentrification and her own "exhaustion."
She told Skanner, "As a Black book store, we have books you wouldn't find at Barnes & Noble or Powell's. The community uses it to communicate, as well as have meetings."