Busboys
and Poets Books
Progressive books to activate your mind and community
TOP TWENTY
Busboys and Poets Bestsellers
(since we opened in September 2005)
1. The Fledgling by Ocatavia Butler
2. The Shame of the Nation by Jonathan Kozol
3. Rosa by Nikki Giovanni and illustrated by Bryan Collier
4. Greater U Street by Paul K. Williams
5. Dance the Guns to Silence – tribute to Ken Saro-Wiwa, edited by Kadija Sesay
6. Voices of a People's History of the US by Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove
7. Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin and illustrated by Betsy Lewin
8. A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
9. It's a Sprawl World After All by Douglass Morris
10. What's My Name Fool? Sports and Resistance in the US by Dave Zirin
11. Living Islam Out Loud edited by Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur
12. Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen
13. Facing Rushmore by David Lozell Martin
14. Sundown Towns by James Loewen
15. Putting
the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching published by Teaching
for Change
and Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC)
16. Dear President Bush by Cindy Sheehan
17. My Name is Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz/ Me llamo Celia: La vida de Celia Cruz by Monica Brown and illustrated by Rafael Lopez
18. On Beauty by Zadie Smith
19. Is Bill Cosby Right? Or has the Black Middle Class Lost its Mind by Michael Eric Dyson
20. Field Guide to the Global Economy by Sarah Anderson, John Cavanagh, and Thea Lee
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2021
14th St. NW, Washington, DC
two blocks from the Cardozo/U Street Metro.
Contact: General Manager
Don Allen
202.387.POET
Tell us
what you think about
Busboys and Poets.
"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
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