Fugitive Libraries is a project at the intersection of art and activism conceived and facilitated by Marissa Ramirez. It is an evolution of Books in the Barrio, a grassroots effort originally started by a group of high school students in San Antonio, Texas demanding a bookstore in their working-class neighborhood. Instead of focusing on a retail space or a brick and mortar, Fugitive Libraries is an experiment, inviting community to think more expansively about literacy by creating spaces for us to read the world together—critically, culturally and politically.