The iconic corner of Infanta and San Lazaro Streets in Havana where the bookstore is located. Behind the windows of the Alma Mater Bookstore, a few books can still be seen resting on the shelves. The Alma Mater bookstore remains closed. Alma Mater is also a way of referring to the university—the institution that nurtures, imparts knowledge, and helps shape generations. Perhaps that is the question still hanging over the Alma Mater bookstore: what happens when a place created to nourish curiosity becomes a place where questions themselves are left waiting?