Politics and Prose co-founder Carla Cohen dies

Washington D.C. lost a literary monument today when Politics and Prose bookstore co-founder Carla Cohen died of bile duct cancer. Family members are asking for people to express their condolences by donating to her favorite charities -- Jews United for Justice, Washington Literary Council and Community Hospice. You can also read about her passing in The Washington Post's obituary

Every book lover who lives here has great memories born at her store and we all mourn her passing.

May her passion for the written word and the joy of books live forever.