Word: wordsworth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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IMAGINE you go to the Coop this afternoon to buy a textbook. When you give the clerk your credit card, he suddenly calls Harvard Book Store and Wordsworth to ask about your credit limit...
...William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge did not fight over drinking water as they rambled through the Lake District. In any case, the important thing to Toad was that walking put the mind in motion, and might even set poetry in motion. A line of verse is a march of poetic feet, the trudge of iambs and shuffle of dactyls, the ambulations of language...
They usually tell you to go to Wordsworth (30 Brattle St.) And, actually, if you are looking for something specific, that's your best bet. It's cheaper, and there is a good selection. The store itself is sort of confusing--books are kept in sections that don't always make sense--but it is computerized, so just ask for help...
...women's studies section is better than Harvard Book Store's, and Wordsworth has an amazing children's section. But the atmosphere is hectic, crowded and not at all conducive to hanging out. But the store will usually have what you are looking for, so you don't have to stay forever if you can't bear the crowds...
While Harvard Book Store, The Coop and Wordsworth are the most convenient and well-stocked stores in the Square, many of the others might be more your style, and on a too-hot day in July, moving from store to air-conditioned store is not a bad way to spend an afternoon...