Talk:Grolier Poetry Bookshop

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I remember Gordon Cairnie and his wife Anna. My mother and I were over to their Belmont home for dinner. I took care of things in the bookshop when Gordon had to go on errands. I'd write listings of the transactions when customers stopped by for books. I slept on the couch a few times. George Burrows, a Deacon of the First Parish in Cambridge stopped in regularly. He lived upstairs. Harvard Police Chief Bob Tonis, one of the most amicable of people, stopped in from time to time. Elsa Dorfman took photos. Carey Wasserman made a great photo of the bookshop facade with a few regulars when Judge Charles Wyzanski visited. dsaklad@zurich.csail.mit.edu 31 December 2006

LOUISA SOLANO & THE GROLIER POETRY BOOK SHOP - Edited by Doug Holder & Steve Glines. ($10) This is a collection of anecdotes by poets who have patronized the famed Grolier Poetry Book Shop in Harvard Square over the years. Also: an exclusive interview with Louisa Solano, the former owner, who recounts her experiences with Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Robert Lowell, Donald Hall and others. Contributors include: Afaa Michael Weaver, Deborah M. Priestly, Linda Haviland Conte, Lyn Lifshin and other poets. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.217.134.101 (talk) 00:54, 10 June 2008 (UTC)