Grolier book store cambridge ma

This small book store is nestled in harvard square behind the harvard book store and is said to be the oldest continuous poetry book store in the united states. Founded in 1927 by adrian gambet and gordon cairnie, the original shop stocked mainly private press books, some poetry, and a sampling of avantgarde literature. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Ifeanyi menkiti, 78, of somerville, was a longtime wellesley college philosophy professor and poet who purchased the grolier poetry book shop in 2006, keeping it from closing. Poetry readings grolier poetry book shop front page. Search for other book stores in cambridge on the real yellow pages. Grolier poetry book shop winter spring series constant contact. The 89yearold store, which only sells poetry, was called indispensable to cambridge. The grolier poetry book shop in cambridge, massachusetts, is both a misnomer and an anomaly. Grolier poetry bookshop in cambridge, ma librarything local. Ifeanyi menkiti, wellesley professor who rescued the. Today, grolier is the oldest continuous poetry book shop in the united states, and stocks over 15000 current volumes of trade, small.

We stock current publications of poetry and its concerns books, cassettes, periodicals, reference volumes with some 16000 volumes. Grolier poetry book shop 6 plympton st cambridge ma 028. Down a side street from the harvard book store, the tiny grolier has been catering to the voracious appetites of cambridge s poetry lovers for more than 80 year. It would be easy to miss the grolier poetry book shop, located on a little side street near the much larger. The grolier poetry book shop in cambridge, ma is the newest addition to larbs reckless reader program. Grolier poetry bookshop, cambridge, ma, us a short visit. In 1976, then owner, louisa solano, developed the grolier as an exclusive showcase for.

The grolier poetry book shop has held readings for almost a century now. John ashbery, robert bly, robert creeley, and frank ohara were regular visitors while undergraduates at harvard. Welcome to grolier poetry bookshop poetry is honored every day at the grolier poetry book shop in harvard square, the oldest continuous poetry book shop in the united states. Six massachusetts bookstores named in new york times book. Grolier poetry book shop 6 plympton st cambridge, ma book. Yesterday, en route to meet my friends at book club, i stopped for a short visit at the grolier poetry bookshop in harvard square in cambridge. Grolier poetry book shop, cambridge, massachusetts. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us.

About a year ago or so, i was browsing at the local bookstore in my town, which is more of a coffee bar with books, but i try to. We stock over 15,000 current volumes of trade, small press, and university publications as well as books related to prosody, poetry markets, and spoken word cds. Website designed by grolier poetry book shop 2020 at homestead list your business for free. Grolier poetry book shop 6 plympton st, cambridge, ma. He has cotranslated two books by the albanian poet moikom zeqomost recently. The grolier poetry book shop the grolier is an independent bookstore on plympton street near harvard square in cambridge, massachusetts, united states. Search for other book stores on the real yellow pages. The grolier poetry book shop celebrates its 90th anniversary this year.