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Grolier Poetry Book ShopLast weekend customers wandered in and out of the square foot space where owner louisa solano and her sister teresa neighbor who helps out on saturdays man the grolier poetry book shop inc. These are quiet days at the one room store as solano prepares to close grolier for good. If you love poetry and are looking for that obscure or famous poet in a warm and welcoming atmosphere you will find this place to your liking. The collection of american poetry is very good perhaps the best in the area.Narrow your search by including only available grolier poetry book shop area accommodations that match your price and hotel class. You'll leave the map of grolier poetry book shop but we'll take you to that hotel. Please visit grolier if you are in the boston cambridge area at the following address grolier poetry book shop plympton street harvard square cambridge maor visit them online. Although the grolier is nominally a for profit institution it s never been what accountants would call a cash cow. Much of that changed in when louisa solano bought the shop after cairnie s death. This past march the massachusetts press generated a flurry of reports that cambridge grolier poetry book shop had found a new owner. The tone of these articles was one of great relief since grolier one of the few remaining all poetry bookstores in the country had been on the verge of going under for some years. Grolier is one of only two all poetry bookstores in the united states and had been in danger of closing. The shop which saw only two managements from its founding in to this past spring has managed to stay afloat for the last three decades with the unorthodox business plan of selling only poetry. Today it s one of only two all poetry bookstores in the united states the other is in seattle and a meeting point for literary neophytes and regulars alike. You have all the books in at least one popular children fantasy series. It is currently one of only two for profit poetry only bookstores left in the country. Louisa solano the store owner remembers the days when her shop wasunlivable packed with people reading books and discussing poetry. From the world of the boston area small press and poetry scene and beyond. Comi was at the grolier poetry bookshop recently and dan the manager told me he is going to have a whole section devoted to chapbooks. Many new england booksellers are finding that blockbuster bestsellers are very high on the lists of books most stolen from independent stores. The problem of shoplifting is a constant one for retailers but some new england booksellers association neba members have recently noticed changes in the quantity and types of books stolen from their stores. Tags: house oxford tupac books books cummings poetry poetry christian publishing poetry 2006 |
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