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Hampshire Bookshop Opens
Marion Dodd and Mary Smith open Hampshire Bookshop in Northampton together. The pioneering endeavors of the two female owners had a significant impact on politics within the bookstore setting as well as the profession of bookselling itself. Twenty years later, Carla Cohen is born and finds herself following closely in their footsteps. -
Maryland Loyalty Oath
At the age of 16, Carla Cohen shows her political investment by joining campaigns against Maryland's loyalty oaths -
Barbara Meade Begins Her Career in Books
Aside from the owner of D.C.'s Moonstone Book Cellar (a well-known sci-fi bookstore), Meade was the only other employee. Because of this, she learned a great deal about book selling in a short amount of time. -
Meade Opens her Own Bookshop
Barbara Meade opens Bookstall, her own bookstore, in Potomac, Maryland. -
Americans for Democratic Action
A very young Carla begins sitting in on her father's chapter meetings for the Americans for Democratic Action meetings. She eventually is removed for talking to much. Her response? To sit at the top of the stairs and eavesdrop on the meetings anyway. -
Ronald Reagan wins the presidential election
As a result, Carla Cohen loses her job with the Carter administration and has to seek employment elsewhere. She is known for her love of bookstores, and is encouraged to open a challenger bookstore to Crown Books -
Politics and Prose opens
Carla Cohen chooes the "Washington-sounding" name of the bookstore. Barbara Meade, who responded to Cohen's post in the classifieds, becomes a shareholder of 50 percent of the company. -
P&P moves to a larger location
The store is now 5x the original store's size at 5015 Connecticut Avenue. -
Coffeehouse Opens
Politics and Prose adds its coffeehouse to the store. -
P&P merges with the Cheshire Cat bookstore
The Cheshire Cat was a bookstore designated specifically to children. P&P incorporates many of children's bookstore staff. -
Bookseller of the year
Politics and Prose is recognized by Publishers Weekly as the bookseller of the year. -
A failed attempt at selling
The store is intended to be sold to Danny Gainsburg, but the sale falls through after he kisses an employer and is encouraged to resign. -
Coffeehouse changes ownership and is renamed Modern Times Coffeehouse
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Cohen and Meade receive The Spotlight Award from Washington, DC's Round House Theater for contributions to the community and the arts
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Cohen and Meade announce that they are selling Politics & Prose
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Cohen and Meade receive the Legacy Award from the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association
This was the first time the award was given to booksellers and not a prominent author. -
Owner Carla Cohen passes away
On October 11, 2010 Carla Cohen passes away from a rare cancer of the bile ducts. -
Bookstore is purchased by couple with political roots
Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine purchase Politics and Prose -
Espresso Book Machine
A massive printing machine Opus, nicknamed "Espresso Book Machine," is installed into Politics and Prose. Rather than the initial intent of printing out-of-print books, customers sought to use it primarily for memoirs for younger family members. -
Bill Clinton at P&P
Bill Clinton was book signing his "Back to Work" at Politics and Prose Bookstore -
The first issue of Politics & Prose’s self-published anthology, District Lines, launches
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President Obama Shops at P&P
To celebrate "Small Business Saturday" President Barack Obama shopped at Politics and Prose, buying nearly two dozen books for Christmas gifts. -
Politics & Prose serves as the official bookseller for Library of Congress National Book Festival
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Obama Continues Shopping Tradition
Keeping with the "Small Business Saturday" shopping tradition, President Obama brings his family to P&P to purchase a hefty load of books. -
Coffeehouse Re-Opens!
The Coffeehouse has been renamed The Den and will be operated by Matt Carr. Carr and his wife Jena founded the popular nearby market and eatery Little Red Fox.
