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
Kerouac House	Orlando	Florida
Jack Kerouac lived in this house in Orlando, Florida at the time On the Road made him a national sensation. Kerouac also wrote his follow... Historical Site
Emory University's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library	Atlanta	Georgia
The special collections of Emory University's Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Book Library span the 15th to the 21st centuries—with particular... Literary Archive
Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home	Savannah	Georgia
Flannery O'Connor lived in this house at 207 East Charlton Street in Savannah from her birth in 1925 until 1938. Visitors to the house museum can... Historical Site
Margaret Mitchell House and Museum	Atlanta	Georgia
Operated by the Atlanta History Center, the Margaret Mitchell House features guided tours of the apartment where Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone... Historical Site
The Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians	Columbus	Georgia
The Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians operates a museum in McCullers's childhood home, presents extensive educational and... Historical Site, Writing Center
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
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library	Urbana	Illinois
Established in 1936, the Rare Book & Manuscript Library has grown to over 300,000 books and over 7,130 linear feet of manuscripts. Particular... Literary Archive
Women & Children First	Chicago	Illinois
Founded more than thirty years ago in Chicago, Women & Children First is only 3,500 square feet in area, most of which is one large open room... Indie Bookstore
Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Home	Oak Park	Illinois
Ernest Hemingway was born and spent his first six years in this Queen Anne Victorian house in Oak Park, Illinois. Today, the house is owned and... Historical Site