A B O U T

What is Hermitage?

Hermitage is a context. It was created from a lack of situations and spaces where books, art, & culture are gathered, displayed, and presented in a way that goes further than curation. The feeling is more of intention.

As a bookshop the focus is heavy on 20th Century publishing in American poetry and literature. The small press movement that centered around the Don Allen edited anthology "The New American Poetry" published by Grove Press in 1960 is heavily represented here. American Luminaries such as Robinson Jeffers and Kenneth Patchen who preceded these poets are represented here. American underground renegades who didn't fit into a grouping like Wallace Berman and d.a. levy are represented here. European writing from the early to mid 20th Century in original tongue and translations are given a space alongside in their influence and relation. Art monographs and book design by visual artists are found here.

The idea behind running a bookshop like this is to hand pick every book that is chosen to a part of a collection, and made available to anyone who may walk through the door. To shed light on materials that should be seen. An area of Hermitage is designated to exhibits on specific Presses, Books, and moments in time related to the collection, and having them right alongside the bookshop.

Hermitage is proudly carrying on the tradition of the Bookseller who also operates as a publisher. Publications and ephemera are printed here under the imprint The Brother in Elysium.

Hours are by appointment. All are welcome.

- Jon Beacham. Proprietor.