BYO Books: The upper Northwest rare books market may soon take a bit of a hit. Politics & Prose will introduce an Espresso Book Machine, a sort of copier-on-steroids that can print books—including those that are out of print—in five minutes, on demand. The downside, of course, is that every retired former lobbyist living in [...]
The tax on all bags that are plastic
Has led to solutions quite drastic
Consumers have naught
For rational thought
But bag use, so far, looks fantastic
For places like Pol'tics & Prose
A murky gray zone just arose
They sell mostly books
But not to be crooks
The verdict: All minty stuff goes!
It’s an early Saturday afternoon inside the cozy basement café at Politics & Prose bookstore on Connecticut Avenue NW. I’ve been here awhile – a good long while.
I arrive with my laptop and a yellow legal pad before 10 a.m. and install myself at one of the little tables along the wall that leads to [...]
