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Theresa Maggio

Sicily
and Vermont

My favorite bookstore

August 18, 2014
Tags: Pietro Tramonte, books, Palermo, street, seller
Stacks in an alley near the post office.
So many stories in this little alley in a street parallel to Via Roma near the post office, and not all of them were in books. I got sucked into this vicolo by the books and I stayed for the bookseller, Pietro Tramonte. More on him tomorrow.
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Improv poet-bookseller Pietro Tramonte reads a poem

March 18, 2014
Tags: poem, Poetry, Pietro Tramonte, Palermo, books, Culture, street
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Pietro Tramonte's street bookstore

March 18, 2014
Tags: Pietro Tramonte, books, Palermo, street, seller
The books are in no particular order. Great for browsing. He also sells old postcards, magazines, and maps
Pietro Tramonte, whose family is from Gibellina, runs a bookstore in an alley in a street parallel to Via Roma. The books go from floor to ceiling and now spill out into the alley in these shelves he covers with tarps at night to protect from weather and thieves. He is also a poet.  Read More 
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