The San Francisco Chronicle profiled Wolfman Books in Oakland, Calif., a 750-square-foot independent bookstore complete with a publishing press that puts out a quarterly magazine, a queer skateboard collective that also publishes zines, and a radio station that even sells "street-wear merch" in Japan and Taiwan.
The bookstore part of Wolfman Books, which is located on the building's first floor, specializes in books about topics such as social justice and queer and gender studies. New Life Quarterly, an arts and culture magazine, shares the bottom floor, while upstairs belongs to Lower Grand Radio and the collective's zine press. Wolfman also hosts an artist residency program and is a frequent site of performances and workshops.
"We like to engage people and make an open and welcoming space," said Justin Carder, who founded Wolfman Books in 2014. "We really want to include people and help people get excited--make a zine, make a book!"