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
Alex Haley House Museum	Henning	Tennessee
Located in Henning, Tennessee, the Alex Haley House Museum is where the Pulitzer Prize-winning author lived from 1921 to 1929. Today the Alex... Historical Site
Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Museum	Hillsboro	West Virginia
The Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Museum preserves the birthplace home of the author Pearl S. Buck and interprets her life from its origins in the... Historical Site
The Homer Bookstore	Homer	Alaska
Founded in 1974, the Homer Bookstore is the oldest independent bookstore on the Kenai Peninsula. It offers a wide variety of books and e-... Indie Bookstore
Blue Willow Bookshop	Houston	Texas
Opened in 1996, Blue Willow Bookshop is an independent bookseller and gift shop. The store offers a wide selection of books for adults and... Indie Bookstore
Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library	Indianapolis	Indiana
Located in Indianapolis, the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library is a public-benefit, nonprofit organization championing the literary, artistic,... Historical Site
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
The Haunted Bookshop	Iowa City	Iowa
The Haunted Bookshop, Iowa City's oldest secondhand bookshop, carries over 40,000 used, rare, out-of-print, and antiquarian titles in over fifty... Indie Bookstore
Cornell University's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections	Ithaca	New York
The principal repository of rare books, manuscripts and archival materials at Cornell University, the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections... Literary Archive
Buffalo Street Books	Ithaca	New York
Founded in 1981, Buffalo Street Books is Ithaca’s community-owned cooperative bookstore. The store stocks a wide assortment of fiction,... Indie Bookstore
Eudora Welty House	Jackson	Mississippi
For 76 years, Eudora Welty lived and wrote in her home on 1119 Pinehurst Place in Jackson, Mississippi. The Eudora Welty House is a National... Historical Site