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Bookseller Tory Hall has launched a $50,000 IFundWomen campaign to open Sower Books in Lincoln, Neb., early next year.
"I've been lucky enough to spend the past seven years learning the ropes of bookselling and running a bookstore," Hall wrote on the crowdfunding page, referring to her work as a bookseller at Chapters Books & Gifts in Seward. "Sower Books will be located in my adoptive hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska, hopefully in the 48th and Leighton neighborhood by Wesleyan College. Our name is both a nod to the iconic Sower sculpture on top of the Nebraska Capitol and an homage to Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower--a book about community care and building the better world you want to see."
On the bookstore's website, Hall offers a glimpse at her vision for the bookstore: "I've been a book lover since Day 1 and an indie bookseller since 2016. It's been an honor to work in others' bookstores, and now I'm ready to pursue my own mission! Our focus is on marginalized voices and local creators, artists, and makers. Sower Books will be a space where all feel seen and appreciated. We're here to make friends, love one another, and last but never least: read, discuss, recommend, share, and love books!"