GREY MATTER BOOKS

GOTHAM COMES TO HADLEY!

After much wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth, lo it has come to pass that Grey Matter is now the proud owner of the remains of that legendary fishing destination of the wise, Gotham Book Mart. As most of you are aware, Gotham operated for most of the 20th Century as the city's (and therefore the nation's) headquarters of Modernist poetry and fiction.

The collection had been donated to the University of Pennsylvania, who gobbled up most of it. In order to get at the remaining meat, we had to move the entire, 42-pallet corpse.

 Our invaluable helper Ryan takes a rare break.

Welcome to the Grey Matter/Troubadour Amalgamation of Books, Hadley's #1 hard-to-find source for hard-to-find books and records. We are located just off the bike path at East St. and non-motorists get a 10% discount year-round. We have a large, constantly churned selection of scholarly, scientific and general stock, nearly all priced below their internet brethren. 

Even though it had been in decline for decades, an astonishing amount of material remained hidden in the bowels of the building. Books and journals you might see once every couple of years we now have in spades.

 The Creeley issue of Origin. Right now there are three copies total on the Advanced Book Exchange. We have at least twnety-five.

There is a lot of 1960's & 70's avant-garde poetry (and cinema), including works by Susan Howe, Hannah Weiner, Anne Waldman and assorted other usual suspects. As I write, most of the material is still in the Philly area. We will be sorting down there and bringing stuff up in the coming weeks.

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