I just learned that Carla Cohen passed away this morning.
Carla and her friend Barbara Meade founded the Politics and Prose bookstore in DC 26 years ago and have run it ever since. Even as other chains and shops have come and gone, P&P held strong as a literary force in the Washington area to this day.
She will be missed, but her legacy will live on.
http://www.politics-prose.com/carla