Busboys and Poets Books
Progressive books to activate your mind and community

New and Featured

Waiting "Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America
By Peniel Joseph
*Book signing on October 21st at Busboys and Poets

There Goes the 'Hood: Views of Gentrification from the Ground Up
By Lance Freeman

Mi Revalueshanary Fren
By Linton Kwesi Johnson

Wizard of the Crow
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o

All Aunt Hagar's Children
by Edward P. Jones

Bitchfest:  Ten Years of Cultural Criticism fro the Pages of Bitch Magazine
edited by Lisa Jervis and Andi Zeisler

Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People who Fight Back
by Amy Goodman and David Goodman

The New Teacher Book: Finding Purpose, Balance, and Hope During Your First Years in the Classroom
A Rethinking Schools Publication

Cooper's Lesson
by Sun Yung Shin and Illustrated by Kim Cogan

2021 14th St. NW, Washington, DC
two blocks from the Cardozo/U Street Metro.
Contact: General Manager Don Allen 202.387.POET

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"I loved the art, books, stage, plans, whimsical touches, comfy seats, superb wait staff, top flight food, in a word the whole exciting place!"
-- Kathryn Williams, art teacher, Norwood School.

"I was just in Washington, DC and delighted with my visit to Busboys and Poets. Powerful, enlightening, and overall an awesome place. I look forward to return visits in the future and could only wish for a similar place here in New Mexico."
--Gregory Webb, Executive Director NM Commission for Community Volunteerism