Carla Cohen Dies

Carla Cohen, whose independent bookstore, Politics and Prose, sat at the nexus of Washington’s literary and political scenes and became a requisite stop for authors passing through town, died Monday at her home in Washington. She was 74.

The cause was cholangiocarcinoma, a rare cancer of the bile ducts, her brother Mark Furstenberg said.

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Besides her son, Aaron, of New York, and her brother Mark, of Washington, Mrs. Cohen is survived by her husband of 52 years, David Cohen; a daughter, Eve Cohen of San Francisco; her mother, Edith Furstenberg of Baltimore; two other brothers, Michael Furstenberg of Boston and Frank Furstenberg of Philadelphia; two sisters, Anne and Ellen Furstenberg, both of Philadelphia; and two grandchildren.

Rest In Peace, Carla.