History of Politics and Prose Bookstore

  • Beginning of the Bookstore

    Carla Cohen and Barbara Meade open Politics and Prose Bookstore in the fall of 1984.
  • Store is Overflowing

    The store has become quite popular, has hired half a dozen employees, and is getting too cramped for the small building in which it is located.
  • Bookstore Changes Locations

    Politics and Prose was relocated across the street in the summer of 1989.
  • Cheshire Cat joins Politics and Prose

    In 1999 the children's bookstore Cheshire Cat merged with Politics and Prose, which greatly expanded the children's section of Politics and Prose
  • Owner Carla Cohen Passes Away

    On October 11, 2010 Carla Cohen passed away from a rare form of cancer in the bile ducts.
  • Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine Purchase Politics and Prose

    In June of 2011 Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine purchased the Politics and Prose bookstore.
  • Bill Clinton at Politics and Prose

    Bill Clinton was book signing his book "Back to Work" at Politics and Prose Bookstore.
  • President Obama Shops at Politics and Prose

    To celebrate "Small Business Saturday" President Obama shopped at Politics and Prose buying nearly two dozen books, some being gifts for others for Christmas.
  • Obama Continues Shopping Tradition

    Keeping with the "Small Business Saturday" shopping tradition, Obama brings his family to Politics and Prose leaving with an abundance of books.