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
Botanical Moment — Botanical Moment steeps organic loose-leaf teas for the festival's slower sips. Cozy in a cup.
Crispin’ Dopamine — Handcrafted sensory food experiences; dopamine you can taste.
Enjoyment Cafe — Enjoyment Cafe pours lemonade, brews tea, and scoops ice cream. It’s sweet relief for sunny festival days.
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.
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 — Yankee Doodle Dandy's is one of NYC's most popular food trucks, founded by Josh Gatewood on the mantra Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Chicken. Built by a dreamer, fueled by chicken tenders.
OUR VENDOR VILLAGE
A Little Bit of Love — A Little Bit of Love makes hair and body care crafted to feel exactly like its name. Small-batch, tender, and made to nourish.
alignedwire — alignedwire wraps copper and crystal into jewelry that feels equal parts grounded and luminous.
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. Check her out at @theangrydryad on Instagram!
Apple Moss — Apple Moss is an eclectic array of jewelry and gifts, mixing handmade pieces with vintage and funky finds. Treasure-hunting encouraged.
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.
Avalah All Natural — Avalah is an all-natural skin, hair, beard, and home essentials company. Clean ingredients, good rituals.
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.
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.
Birdability — Birdability works to ensure the birding community and the outdoors are welcoming, inclusive, safe and accessible for everybody. We focus on people with mobility challenges, blindness or low vision, chronic illness, intellectual or developmental disabilities, mental illness, and those who are neurodivergent, deaf or hard of hearing or who have other health concerns.
Black Cowboy Books — Black Cowboy Books mosies in with activist merch where social justice meets dark humor. Bold, soulful, and unapologetically itself.
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.
Blaisandra Cards — Blaisandra Cards (from artist Keith McNair) offers original framed poetry and art. They’re one-of-a-kind pieces to hang and hold onto.
Blupoetres Creations — Blupoetres Creations is the world of author, writer, and business owner Phoebe Eligon-Jones. Words and wares made with heart.
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.
Brooklyn Poets — We offer workshops, readings, open mics and other programs that foster a more homegrown, close-knit, diverse community of poets and readers than what is traditionally offered by graduate writing programs and the American literary community at large.
CavanKerry Press — As a not-for-profit literary press serving art and community, CavanKerry Press is committed to expanding the reach of poetry and other fine literature to a general readership by publishing works that explore the emotional and psychological landscapes of everyday life, and to bring that art to the underserved where they live, work and receive services. We are currently holding open submissions to select future publications!
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.
Common Notions — Common Notions is an independent publisher for the radical imagination and a free society. Books that fuel the dreaming and the doing.
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.
D’s Delights — D’s Delights handcrafts jewelry from African recycled glass beads and semiprecious gemstones, made by Brooklyn-born designer Deidra McNish-Brown. Rooted in Caribbean heritage, each piece carries the brand’s promise: Be Seen, Feel Seen.
Dara Kalima — Dara Kalima is a six-time published author, teaching artist, book doula, and spoken word poet. A whole literary ecosystem in one booth.
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.
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.
Ewurakua Dawson-Amoah — Ewurakua Dawson-Amoah is an author and filmmaker writing toward social justice, mental health, and the lives of marginalized communities. Her booth features her poetry collection Sorry I Missed Your Call, film work, merch, and mental health resources. Learn more at https://www.byraekua.com and @raekua on Instagram.
FICTION — FICTION is a journal of future directions, publishing the innovative, the experimental, and the gloriously difficult. It makes the inaccessible accessible and asks modern fiction to interrogate the nature of the real and the fantastic.
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.
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.
Get Fresh Books Publishing — Get Fresh Books Publishing is an independent publisher lifting up new and necessary literary voices.
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.
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 on Instagram.
Holey Ceiling Studio — Holey Ceiling Studio sells whimsical, elegant, and occasionally strange art, stationery, and paper ephemera, all illustrated by hand by Cindy Ha.
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.
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. Check them out at @inaurora2002 on Instagram.
Indolent Books — Indolent Books is a boutique indie press for poets and writers of difference who make a difference.
Interlink Publishing — Founded in 1987, Interlink Publishing is a Palestinian-owned, Massachusetts-based independent publisher offering a global perspective to readers, from literature in translation and history to award-winning cookbooks and illustrated children's books.
J.J. Brown Books — J.J. Brown Books wants you entertained, horrified, and inspired, sometimes all in the same chapter!
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. Check her out on Instagram: @jessicaa.wuyh.
Jewish Currents — Jewish Currents is the magazine of the Jewish left. Politics, culture, and conversation, unflinching and alive.
Kelly Powers — Kelly is a poet and seller of her poetry. She recently just came out with her debut collection, Last Conversations. She will have her poetry book available and other trinkets to note. Learn more @_kellypowers on Instagram.
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.
Lady V's 2ndtimearound — Lady V's 2ndtimearound is a vintage clothing and accessories shop, full of throwback flair and forward fashion.
Lahiz Tavarez — Lahiz Tavarez gathers original writing, handcrafted goods, fine art prints, and photography into one quietly luminous table, from poetry and zines to journals, jewelry dishes, and more. Made for lovers of slow moments and unique experiences.
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. Check them out 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.
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.
Mil Mundos Books — Mil Mundos Books is a multilingual bookstore rooted in community, curating its shelves to celebrate Black, Latinx, and Indigenous heritage.
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.
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.
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, and essential.
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.
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.
Nurture What Matters — Nurture What Matters returns to the NYC Poetry Festival with holistic wellness, sustainable goods, and grounding experiences that help you realign, reset, and rise with clarity, honoring both self and planet in every choice you make. Every product, every offering is a reminder that how you live is your loudest expression. What you nurture shapes everything.
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.
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.
PM Press — PM Press is an independent, radical publisher of critically necessary books for these tumultuous times. Required reading.
Poet, Poems & Poetry — Poet, Poems & Poetry celebrates poets and poetry through unisex tees, mugs, totes, wall art, books, and more, created by Sharie Monique, host of the podcast 1 Minute with The Bald-Headed Poet. Check out @poetpoemsandpoetry on Instagram for more!
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.
Printed Word Reviews — Printed Word Reviews offers book reviews and author interviews spotlighting independently published books. Learn more at @independentpressaward on Instagram.
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.
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. For more information: @raopenmic on Instagram.
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.
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.
Roller Ink Riso — Roller Ink Riso is a Risograph print studio and shop, where ink meets imagination one vibrant layer at a time.
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.
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.
Sequin Soul Spirit Writers / Sequin Soul Publishing — Sequin Soul Spirit Writers & 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.
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.
Slapstitch Embroidery — Slapstitch is a one-woman hand-embroidery business based out of and inspired by Brooklyn, NYC.
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.
Some Other Books — Some Other Books is publisher of artists’ books and multiples, based in Queens, New York. We are a space for other, non, quasi, structural, project and plain books. We are something of an homage. We strive to integrate parenting with bookmaking and to make space for intergenerational exchange in the arts. We think about publishing like taking your clothes to the laundromat.
Solid Objects — Solid Objects is a New York–based publisher of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and drama. Small, sharp, and unmistakably literary.
Sophia Czertak — Sophia Czertak is a poet and private seller of her own self-published chapbooks. Slim volumes, real voice.
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.
Studio Artinuum LLC — Studio Artinuum offers a unique blend of handcrafted jewelry and high-quality prints both of which are created from original artworks by the artist-owner, Anshu. Check them out at @artinuum1 and @sashawearableart on Instagram
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.
The Culture Ref — The Culture Ref, short for The Culture Reference, is an online shop specializing in items with historical, cultural and art references. The Culture Ref seeks to highlight unique perspectives and give context to the importance and power of culture in modern society.
The Human Arts Collective — The Human Arts Collective designs creative and embodied experiences that invite us to explore our inner worlds, connect more deeply with one another, and express what lives within and around us.
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.
The Rebel Within — Red Fox Runs Press is an imprint of The Rebel Within, specializing in poetry and personal essays.
The Sanctuary NJ — The Sanctuary is a volunteer-run New Jersey community hub for social connection and creative expression, hosting everything from holistic wellness and workshops to a four-year-strong Poetry Circle, open mics, and Write & Hikes.
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.
This Side Up Studio — This Side Up Studio is an art and design studio inspired by yoga, mindfulness, and the creative process.
Tint Journal — Tint Journal highlights authors writing in English as a second language, celebrating voice, nuance, and global perspective.
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. Find his works 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.
