Grolier Poetry Bookshop has new owner
{{date|June 10, 2006}}

The [[w:Grolier Poetry Bookshop|Grolier Poetry Bookshop]] in [[w:Cambridge (Massachusetts)|Cambridge]], [[w:Massachusetts|Massachusetts]], has a new owner, Nigerian Poet and Wellesley College Philosophy Professor 
Ifeanyi Menkiti.  Menkiti purchased the bookstore from longtime owner Louisa Solano.  Publisher's Weekly and the Boston Globe have reported that he plans to maintain the readings and other events that the store has long been famous for, expand the selection of international writers and maintain more regular hours.

Grolier is one of only two all-poetry bookstores in the United States, and had been in danger of closing.  Such poets as [[w:T.S. Eliot|T.S. Eliot]] and [[w:Marianne Moore|Marianne Moore]] have frequented Grolier. It is a [[w:Harvard Square|Harvard Square]] historic landmark.

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2006/06/03/he_keeps_a_haven_of_poetry_alive/
|title=He keeps a haven of poetry alive
|author=David Mehegan|pub=Boston Globe|date=June 3, 2006}}

*{{source|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/PWdaily/CA6320035.html|title=Grolier Poetry Book Shop Sold|author=Judith Rosen|pub=Publisher's Weekly|date=March 29, 2006}}

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[[category:United States]]
[[category:North America]]
[[category:Culture and entertainment]]
[[Category:Philosophy]]
[[Category:Poetry]]
The Grolier Poetry Bookshop in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has a new owner, Nigerian Poet and Wellesley College Philosophy Professor 
Ifeanyi Menkiti.  Menkiti purchased the bookstore from longtime owner Louisa Solano.  Publisher's Weekly and the Boston Globe have reported that he plans to maintain the readings and other events that the store has long been famous for, expand the selection of international writers and maintain more regular hours.

Grolier is one of only two all-poetry bookstores in the United States, and had been in danger of closing.  Such poets as T.S. Eliot and Marianne Moore have frequented Grolier. It is a Harvard Square historic landmark.

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