Literary Places

This database of writerly destinations—places writers can visit for inspiration, to promote their writing, for research, and to discover community—includes historical sites, reading venues, literary collections, writing centers, and writers spaces. Save your selections to My P&W and populate a personal Google Map that can be used to plan reading tours and visits to literary meccas, or just to keep track of your favorite literary locales.

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Literary Place	City	State
Richard Wright's Former Residence	Brooklyn	New York
A plaque honoring Richard Wright is mounted on the writer's former residence in Fort Greene in Brooklyn, New York. Wright often visited the nearby... Historical Site
Richard Hugo House	Seattle	Washington
Founded in 1997, the Richard Hugo House offers writing classes and events, including the annual Hugo Literary Series, which invites... Literary Archive, Reading Venue, Writing Center
Resistencia Bookstore	Austin	Texas
Established in the early eighties by Chicano poet and community activist raúl salinas, Resistencia bookstore has sponsored readings... Indie Bookstore
Ralph Waldo Emerson House	Concord	Massachusetts
Built in 1828, this square frame house served as the home to Ralph Waldo Emerson and his second wife, Lydia Jackson, from 1835 to his death in... Historical Site
Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative	Madison	Wisconsin
Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative is a cooperatively owned and managed independent resource center in Madison. The store houses progressive books,... Indie Bookstore
Quail Ridge Books	Raleigh	North Carolina
Founded in 1984, Quail Ridge Books & Music is an independent bookstore that provides a wide variety of carefully selected books, events,... Indie Bookstore
Printed Page Bookshop	Denver	Colorado
Printed Page Bookshop is a used bookstore that houses several booksellers under one roof. The booksellers carry rare and out-of-print books in... Indie Bookstore
Princeton University Library's Department of Rare Books and Special Collections	Princeton	New Jersey
The principal repository of rare books and manuscripts at Princeton University, the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections comprises... Literary Archive
Prairie Lights Bookstore	Iowa City	Iowa
Prairie Lights Bookstore opened its doors in 1978 as a small, intimate bookshop, and since then, it has grown to become a literary institution in... Indie Bookstore
Powell's Books	Portland	Oregon
The "City of Books," as the four-story flagship store in Portland, Oregon, is known, occupies an entire city block, and carries more than one... Indie Bookstore