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I love coffee books. How to brew it, how to pour it real pretty, everything someone knows about it, new rules for it: if words are committed to paper about coffee, I\u2019m into it. It should come as no shock then that Sarina Prabasi\u2019s new book The Coffeehouse Resistance: Brewing Hope in Desperate Times<\/em><\/a>, released today, April 9th<\/sup> piqued my interest. Published by Green Writers Press<\/a>, The Coffeehouse Resistance<\/em> is a book about \u201clove, coffee, and the American dream.\u201d<\/p>\n Described as \u201cpart coming-to-America story, part lyrical memoir and another part activist\u2019s call to action,\u201d The Coffeehouse Resistance<\/em> tells Prabasi\u2019s story, from Nepal to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia before finally immigrating New York City, where along with her husband she started the Bronx\u2019s Buunni Coffee<\/a>. Were that the sum total of the book, it would be a wonderful read, the story of new Americans finding a home and success thanks in some part to coffee. But as it did with many things, the 2016 presidential election shifted the narrative.<\/p>\n In a time where nationalism was spiking and moving into the mainstream, Prabasi and her family were left to question their place in their new home. Would they be accepted under this new regime? But instead of sitting back and waiting their fates to befall them, the proprietors of Buunni used their cafe to enact change by harkening back to one of the original roles of the coffeehouse: as \u201ca hub for local organizing and action.\u201d Per the website, the new narrative is one of \u201cmoving from despair to hope\u2026 about building community, claiming home, and fighting for our shared dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n