NYC POFEST’S OFFICIAL BOOK VENDOR
Taylor & Co. Books is a black-owned, family run, community bookstore in the heart of Ditmas Park, Flatbush, Brooklyn NYC! We're here to serve and represent the diversity of the community we've spent 30+ years in. We aim to foster a space where all are welcome, where language in all forms can be expressed (safely), and where fun can be had. The best books meet us where we are and allow us to recognize that we are not alone in our joys and our suffering. At Taylor & Co. we hope you feel a little less alone in the human experience.
OUR FOOD VENDORS
Enjoyment Cafe — Enjoyment Cafe pours lemonade, brews tea, and scoops ice cream. Sweet relief for sunny festival days. Learn more at @Mobosinuola on Instagram.
Everything About Crepes, LLC — Everything About Crepes rolls up in a food truck loaded with crepes, paninis, wraps, bowls, and quesadillas. Sweet, savory, and folded with care. Learn more at https://www.everythingaboutcrepes.com.
slowcocoa — slowcocoa handcrafts mindful chocolate in the Bronx, NYC, working cacao to compost and plants to personality. Each zero-waste, vegan, refined-sugar-free dark chocolate bar uses no more than four ingredients and comes with a curated poetry pairing, because cacao deserves a couplet. Learn more at https://slowcocoa.com.
Tap 1960 — Tap 1960 taps specialty nitrous Vietnamese coffee and Thai teas at pop-up markets across the city. Cold, creamy, and caffeinated. Learn more at @mylazydayscafe on Instagram.
Yankee Doodle Dandy’s — We are seriously one of NYC’s most popular food trucks, and that is really motivating for us. Our dedication to high-quality food and our corporate mantra, Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Chicken, helped us overcome challenges and create a unique business and offer for our dear customers.New York City thrives on the spirit of dreamers and underdogs. Many come here with nothing, pursuing the American dream. For our founder, Josh Gatewood, Yankee Doodle Dandy's was the vehicle to achieve that dream, and now, we are happy to keep expanding and offer excellent NYC corporate catering services as well.
OUR VENDOR VILLAGE
alignedwire — alignedwire wraps copper and crystal into jewelry that feels equal parts grounded and luminous. Learn more at https://www.alignedwire.net.
Allan Sanchez Art — Allan Sanchez Art brings original prints, t-shirts, and stickers to the village. Wearable, giftable art for the festival faithful. Learn more at @inaurora2002 on Instagram.
Angel's Creations — Angel's Creations is the handcrafted world of two sisters working in collaboration with Escalibrush Inc. Since 2021, they have been making unique candles, soaps, resin jewelry, fairy homes, and personalized ceramics, all infused with intention. Every piece is a small act of self-care and a reminder that healing and beauty can be found in life's smallest moments. Learn more at @angels_creationsx on Instagram.
Angry Dryad — Angry Dryad is the silly little art, stationery, and trinket shop of Catherine Valdez. Her work is rooted in fandom and a South Florida childhood, where dreamy meets defiant. Learn more at @theangrydryad on Instagram.
ArchiNext / Y Arch — ArchiNext (also known as Y Arch) is a youth-led initiative making architecture and design competitions accessible to middle and high school students. The next generation of city-shapers is here. Learn more at https://www.yarchinext.com.
Ayin Press — Ayin Press is an independent publishing platform and interdisciplinary creative studio rooted in Jewish culture and emanating outward. Across books, audiobooks, podcasts, films, multimedia work, and live programming, Ayin celebrates artists and thinkers exploring the growing edges of collective consciousness. Learn more at https://ayinpress.org.
Belladonna Collaborative* — Belladonna* is a legendary feminist avant-garde collaborative and literary press, founded in 1999 to lift up the voices of women, gender-nonconforming, and queer writers. This is required reading for the revolution. Learn more at https://www.belladonnaseries.org.
Black Cowboy Books — Black Cowboy Books mosies in with activist merch where social justice meets dark humor. Bold, soulful, and unapologetically itself. Learn more at https://blackcowboybooks.com.
Black Lawrence Press — Black Lawrence Press has been publishing contemporary poetry and prose since 2004. With more than 350 titles to their name, they are also home to the Immigrant Writing Series and two literary journals, and they offer regular writing workshops and manuscript consultations for those still finding the words. Learn more at https://blacklawrencepress.com.
Brendan Lorber / Lyric Realms — Brendan Lorber draws stunning hand-illustrated maps of the lives and lyrics of poets and musicians. Think Tolkien crossed with Whitman. Learn more at https://brendanlorber.com.
Carla M. Cherry / Sweet As A Simile LLC — Carla M. Cherry is a published poet, educator, and the heart behind Sweet As A Simile LLC, a small specialty-apparel company stitching t-shirts and hoodies with positive poetic messages. Learn more at @carlabxpoet1 on Instagram.
Choo Choo Press — Choo Choo Press is a Risograph press devoted to poetry, artists' books, and thoughtful nonfiction. Beautiful objects, made with intention. Learn more at https://choochoopress.com.
Common Notions — Common Notions is an independent publisher for the radical imagination and a free society. Books that fuel the dreaming and the doing. Learn more at https://www.commonnotions.org.
Copper Colored Gal Designs — Copper Colored Gal Designs crafts one-of-a-kind and limited edition tablecloths and accessories. Radiant, handmade pieces for tables and bodies that deserve a little extra color. Learn more at https://etsy.me/1XD2q4x.
Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine — Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine is a quarterly print and digital publication that cracks open the possibilities of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, drama, and book reviews. Step through. Learn more at https://www.doorisajarmagazine.net.
Dreams In Hiding Writing — Dreams In Hiding is a collective bringing writers and artists together, founded by Fin Rose Aborizk as a way to share her own writing and poetry. It has since grown into something larger, with anthologies and magical collaborations welcoming emerging voices. Learn more at @Dreamsinhiding.writing on Instagram.
Forgotten Ground Regained — Forgotten Ground Regained is a website and quarterly literary journal devoted to modern English alliterative verse, the poetry of Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and the Rohirrim of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. Ancient music, alive today. Learn more at https://alliteration.net.
Furkat & Robbie LLC — Furkat & Robbie is a sustainable women's fashion brand. Resortwear meets poetry: stylish, soft, and ready for your next dreamy escape. Learn more at @furkatandrobbie on Instagram.
Graywolf Press — Graywolf Press is a nonprofit literary publisher of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and work in translation, championing risk-taking, visionary writers who transform culture through literature. Learn more at https://www.graywolfpress.org.
Haus of Expression — Haus of Expression is a vibrant sanctuary for artistic souls founded by Gabriella Stella with the intention to create a home where all expression is welcomed. Haus of Expression aims to bring abstract and innovative workshop experiences to the community to inspire expression and healing through art. Learn more at https://www.hausofexpression.com/ & @hausofexpression.
Hoop du Jour Embroidery — Hoop du Jour Embroidery stitches sass, sweetness, and soul into embroidered art, totes, hats, and more. Every thread comes with a wink. Learn more at @hoopdujour_embroidery on Instagram.
Hot People Read Poetry — Hot People Read Poetry is exactly what it sounds like: a fierce, NYC-based poetry show and open mic where beauty meets bars. Learn more at https://hotpplreadpoetry.com.
Indolent Books — Indolent Books is a boutique indie press for poets and writers of difference who make a difference.
Inaurora Art — Inaurora Art, the second outpost of artist Allan Sanchez, offers framed and matted original prints, t-shirts, and stickers. Art to carry home, wear out, or stick on your laptop. Learn more at @inaurora2002 on Instagram.
J.J. Brown Books — J.J. Brown Books wants you entertained, horrified, and inspired, sometimes all in the same chapter. Learn more at https://jjbrownauthor.com.
Jerry T. Johnson, Poet — Jerry T. Johnson is a poet and spoken word artist who brings truth to both the mic and the page. Learn more at @jerryjtjo on Instagram.
Jessica Wu — Jessica Wu brings her own poetry and crafts to the village, alongside a poetry relay activity that invites every passerby to add a line to a growing poem. By festival's end, a mosaic of voices. Learn more at @jessicaa.wuyh on Instagram.
Jewish Currents — Jewish Currents is the magazine of the Jewish left. Politics, culture, and conversation, unflinching and alive. Learn more at https://jewishcurrents.org.
Kitty's Kreations — Kitty's Kreations is the queer, artist-led creative brand of Kitty, a spoken word poet and multidisciplinary creative. Expect handmade art, custom poetry experiences, and curated pieces that celebrate identity, healing, and bold authenticity. Learn more at https://linktr.ee/kittyskreations.
Lady V's 2ndtimearound — Lady V's 2ndtimearound is a vintage clothing and accessories shop, full of throwback flair and forward fashion. Learn more at https://ladyvvintage.com.
Langston's Parlor — Langston's Parlor is a monthly writing workshop and collective born in Langston Hughes's Harlem home, now thriving in Brooklyn too. Step inside. Learn more at @langstonsparlor on Instagram.
Letter and Spirit Press — Letter and Spirit Press is a letterpress and Risograph imprint dedicated to poetry broadsides, zines, chapbooks, stationery, and other literary ephemera. Beauty pressed into paper. Learn more at https://letterandspiritpress.org.
Madrigal Publishing — Madrigal Publishing is a micro press working to make publishing more equitable by amplifying voices that occupy multiple margins, including authors of color, queer, transgender, immigrant, first-generation, polyglot, and disabled writers. Their hybrid model keeps authors deeply involved at every stage. Learn more at https://www.madrigal-publishing.com.
Mil Mundos Books — Mil Mundos Books is a multilingual bookstore rooted in community, curating its shelves to celebrate Black, Latinx, and Indigenous heritage. Learn more at https://www.milmundosbooks.com.
Minsker & Lee Productions LLC — Minsker & Lee Productions is the world of artist Ethan Minsker, where original papier-mâché artwork meets self-published books. Weird and wonderful in equal measure. Learn more at https://ethanminsker.com.
Miss Diva's Decoratifs — Miss Diva's Decoratifs offers the finest in eyebrow-raising designs: posters, stickers, silkscreen prints, and more. Bold, brash, and beautiful. Learn more at https://evelynbrabant.carrd.co.
mysteriousbookdate — mysteriousbookdate is your blind-date-with-a-book matchmaker, plus cute journaling items, tote bags, tumblers, and all things bookish. A literary romance is brewing. Learn more at @mysteriousbookdate on Instagram.
new words {press} — new words {press} is a trans* poetry press. Small, intentional, essential. Learn more at https://newwordspress.com.
Not For Leisure — Not for Leisure (N4L) is an interdisciplinary reading series, arts collective, and small press based in New York City. Founded in summer 2025 by a group of working writers and artists, N4L hosts dynamic programs that facilitate creative exchange and communal interconnectivity, with poetry steering the wheel. Learn more at https://notforleisure.com.
Nueva York Poetry Press & Review — Nueva York Poetry Press & Review is a New York–based literary publishing initiative devoted to poetry in Spanish and in translation. They publish, curate, and steward the work of poets from Latin America, Spain, and the broader international Spanish-speaking community. Learn more at https://www.nuevayorkpoetrypress.com.
Pen + Brush — Pen + Brush is a 132-year-old nonprofit dedicated to creating equitable opportunities for women and gender-expansive visual and literary artists. Since 1894, they have been a vital space-maker for the arts in New York City while actively working to dismantle exclusionary systems. Learn more at https://www.penandbrush.org.
Pink Trees Press — Pink Trees Press is a nonprofit press publishing the work of diverse, living writers. Their books share voices that expand the familiar and cultivate imagination, resilience, and compassion, reflecting the heterogeneity of our country. Learn more at https://www.pinktreespress.org.
PM Press — PM Press is an independent, radical publisher of critically necessary books for these tumultuous times. Required reading. Learn more at https://pmpress.org.
Poets of Queens — Poets of Queens hosts readings that build community across the borough and beyond, and publishes books by Queens poets and the wider literary world. Learn more at https://www.poetsofqueens.com.
QueerMushies — QueerMushies is a print-only arts magazine run by editor-artists Trasonia and Sara. Each issue gathers a new eclectic cohort of artists working across the spectrum of queer art around a centralized theme. Their first issue, The Forever Pride, is out now. Learn more at https://queermushies.online.
RA OPEN MIC — RA OPEN MIC is a traveling NYC open mic that doubles as a fundraiser for arts and agriculture. They spread poetry and plant seeds, sometimes literally. Learn more at @raopenmic on Instagram.
Rainbow Carnage Press — Rainbow Carnage Press is a queer poetry press from Richmond, Virginia. Small, sharp, and unapologetically itself. Learn more at https://rainbowcarnagepress.com.
Reading Partners — Reading Partners is a nonprofit pairing community volunteers with NYC public school students for free one-on-one tutoring. Their mission is every kid reading at grade level, one story at a time. Learn more at https://readingpartners.org.
Renaissance Resurrection — Renaissance Resurrection LLC is the multidisciplinary world of Danitra Tierra, bringing creative reawakenings wherever the festival lands. Learn more at https://renaissanceresurrection.com.
ripcut — ripcut is the handmade stainless steel jewelry of Mercer Lewis, made with lockets, mink, shark, and coyote teeth, snake vertebrae, glass beads, and more. Their designs celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, and their collage pendants are etched with bits of poetry, like "too easy" and "desire." Learn more at @ripcut.jewelry on Instagram.
Sarah Lawrence College MFA Writing Program — Sarah Lawrence College's nationally recognized MFA Writing Program, based in Bronxville, NY, is growing tomorrow's literary legends. Learn more at https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/writing-mfa.
Searching for Home Collective — Searching for Home Collective is a literary community founded by poet Elizabeth Mateer. It explores themes of belonging, identity, displacement, resilience, and the interior landscapes that shape how we move through the world. This is where art and psychology meet on the page. Learn more at https://searchingforhomepoet.com.
Sequin Soul Spirit Writers / Sequin Soul Publishing — Sequin Soul Spirit Writers and Sequin Soul Publishing is a one-stop media, publishing, and book-consulting house. Online writing workshops, marketing support, and interviews are available through The Ketriana Yvonne Show on Brooklyn Free Speech TV. Learn more at https://www.sequinsoulspiritwriters.com.
Shannon O'Connor — Shannon O'Connor is an author bringing her own brand of NYC voice to the village. Stop by and meet the page-turner behind the table. Learn more at https://shanoconnor.com.
Sojourners for Justice Press — Sojourners for Justice Press (SJP) is a micro press and imprint of Haymarket Books, founded by Mariame Kaba and co-directed by Neta Bomani. SJP supports artists, writers, educators, and community organizers experimenting with print-based media, including zines, pamphlets, and other short-form works for the long fight. Learn more at https://sojourners4justice.press.
Solid Objects — Solid Objects is a New York–based publisher of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and drama. Small, sharp, and unmistakably literary. Learn more at https://www.solidobjects.org.
Sophia Czertak — Sophia Czertak is a poet and private seller of her own self-published chapbooks. Slim volumes, real voice. Learn more at https://www.sophiaczertak.com.
Sprouted Seeds Media — Sprouted Seeds Media engages emerging artists in initiatives that foster creative bravery. Through literary readings, projects, and workshops, they spark sincere dialogue, strong partnerships, and critical reflection, helping artists turn creative potential into kinetic craft. Learn more at @sproutedseedsmedia on Instagram.
Stanchion Magazine & Books — Stanchion is a quarterly print literary magazine and small book press out of Philadelphia. Beautifully made and fearlessly curated. Learn more at https://stanchionzine.com.
Tasnimah Synthia — Tasnimah Synthia brings her own brand of creative spark to the vendor village. Come by and discover what she's making.
Teaching Artist Project / Community-Word Project — Community-Word Project's Teaching Artist Project (TAP) is a comprehensive jobs-training program that guides artists through bringing their creative process into the classroom. TAP develops the skills to model creative expression, collaboration, and teaching for social justice through innovative, multidisciplinary practice. Learn more at https://communitywordproject.org/programs/teaching-artist-project.
The Human Arts Collective — The Human Arts Collective designs thoughtful creative experiences where inner worlds are explored, expressed, and shared. Storytelling, expressive arts, and play converge here in service of healing and meaningful connection. Learn more at https://thehumanartscollective.com.
The Little Bookshop — The Little Bookshop is a bookstore, bar, and cafe rolled into one. Three of the best places to be, all at once. Learn more at https://www.thelittlebookshopbk.com.
The Rebel Within — Red Fox Runs Press is an imprint of The Rebel Within, specializing in poetry and personal essays. Learn more at redfoxruns.com.
The Scene Life Inc — The Scene is a poetry and art periodical lifting up the wild, wonderful worlds of NYC and Long Island open mic creatives. Learn more at https://www.thescene.life.
Tint Journal — Tint Journal highlights authors writing in English as a second language, celebrating voice, nuance, and global perspective. Learn more at https://tintjournal.com.
Tristan Buttigieg – Author, Poet & Musician — Tristan Buttigieg is an independent poet, author, and musician based in Pennsylvania, with roots in the New York City literary community. Through live readings, independent bookstore events, and literary festivals, his work explores resilience, memory, identity, and emotional experience. Learn more at @officialtristanbuttigieg on Instagram.
Whiskey Tit / A Common Well Journal — Whiskey Tit attempts to restore degradation and degeneracy to the literary arts. Unwilling to sacrifice intellectual rigor, unrelenting playfulness, or visual beauty, they take on the texts that a homogenized literary landscape would otherwise abandon. Learn more at @whiskeytitbooks on Instagram.
