tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52416202235354053112010-03-17T05:19:27.369-07:00Harding House Bed &amp; Breakfast, Cambridge, MAHarding Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033743745317813874noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241620223535405311.post-1880150387148602432008-11-26T08:07:00.001-08:002009-04-22T15:54:29.270-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d8aovYiT6UA/SS10Yv4cUII/AAAAAAAAAQE/P7lWy3p8jDI/s1600-h/Grolier+Poetry+Book+Shop_Picture.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d8aovYiT6UA/SS10Yv4cUII/AAAAAAAAAQE/P7lWy3p8jDI/s200/Grolier+Poetry+Book+Shop_Picture.jpg" alt="Grolier Poetry Book Shop Cambridge" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272998707239604354" border="0" /></a><a href="http://hardinghouseblog.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Cambridge Hotels</span></a><a href="http://hardinghouseblog.blogspot.com/"> </a>– This <a href="http://www.harvardsquare.com/">Harvard Square</a> institution, opened in 1927, is the oldest poetry book store in America. For over 80 years, <a href="http://grolierpoetrybookshop.org/">Grolier</a> has been a legendary meeting place for world-renown poets like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrienne_Rich">Adrienne Rich</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._E._Cummings">e.e. cummings</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lowell">Robert Lowell</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Ginsberg">Allen Ginsberg</a>. Entering this tiny 400-suare-foot shop on quiet Plympton Street is like stepping back into time. You’ll love the old-fashioned sign, poems hanging in the window, free candy dish on the counter, and the towering bookshelves that reach up to the 25-foot-high ceilings. Adorning the walls are black &amp; white photos of famous friends and customers like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._S._Eliot">T.S. Eliot</a> and Marianne Moore. Grolier has over 15,000 poetry books and tapes ranging from Japanese haiku to Spanish poems, and they carry out-of-print editions and hard-to-find foreign authors. They also have readings and book signings. If you love poetry and want to experience the art form’s rich <a href="http://www.cambridge-usa.org/">Cambridge</a> history, Grolier is the place for you.<br /><a href="http://grolierpoetrybookshop.org/">Grolier Poetry Book Shop</a>, 6 Plympton Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge, 617-547-4648.<br /><span style=""><a href="http://grolierpoetrybookshop.org/">http://grolierpoetrybookshop.org/</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5241620223535405311-188015038714860243?l=www.hotelscambridgema.com' alt='' /></div>Harding Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033743745317813874noreply@blogger.com0