Calvin Crosby, co-owner of Salt Lake City’s The King’s English Bookshop and Executive Director of Brain Food Books, a 501c3 putting new books into the hands of those without regular access, has been building community in bookselling for 30 years. He is a Book Industry Charitable Foundation Executive Board Member, a 20222 Duende-Word BIPOC Leadership Award winner, and a juror for the 2023 National Book Award Foundation’s Fiction Category. Calvin was honored as the 2023 University of Utah’s Native Excellence Community Partner. His commitment to building equity around books and reading in communities without libraries, bookstores, or consistent access has been a lifelong mission. As a member of the Cherokee Nation, he believes in Land Back one Independent Bookstore at a time.
