Business Description from the Web
Get a taste of Miami's Cuban culture and locate hard-to-find Spanish-language fiction and non-fiction.
Tips About This Business
Meets sporadically. Call store for times and meetings.
Nominated for Best Book Store. As Cuban as Albita and cafe con leche.
Editorial Reviews from the web
In Short Located on Calle Ocho near the heart of Little Havana, La Moderna Poesia proudly represents its Cuban heritage. Be warned: If you don't have an opinion on the political situation in Cuba, you probably will have one before you leave this immaculate bookstore. This is The Place to find Spanish-language books and the selection of Latin-American histories and biographies is quite...
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on April 21, 2009, (Edited December 03, 2006)
Other Reviews from the web
La Moderna poesia, has so much mroe to offer than just poetry books. it has thousands and thousands of spanish novels for its customers to choose from. it is also very organized and very nicely decorated. i found all the books i was lookignf ro that i wasn't able to find elsewhere. the customer service was fantastic, the prices were decent.
PROS: beautiful bookstore
CONS: none
I was looking for several good Spanish novels to read, and I had heard of La Moderna Poesia and decided to visit myself and see their selection of Spanish novels. As soon as I arrived I was overcome with delight, so beautifully decorated, such a great ambiance. I was left in wonder, as I walke down aisles and aisles of books, most of them appealed to me, I was unsure of which ones to picked....
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This is a no-frills bookstore that initially seems kind of bland compared to Barnes & Noble or Borders. But once you start looking at the selection, you forget all about the lack of an in-house coffee shop. You can find all sorts of Spanish-language books that you're not going to easily find anywhere else. Besides politically-charged literature (we're dealing with Cubans, who have a lot to...
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