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
The Center for Fiction	New York	New York
Founded in 1820 as the Mercantile Library, The Center for Fiction, is a nonprofit organization devoted solely to the art of fiction. Its mission... Reading Venue, Writers Space, Writing Center
The Cornelia Street Cafe	New York	New York
Established in 1977, the Cornelia Street Cafe is a literary venue in the heart of Greenwich Village. The cafe and restaurant feature a downstairs... Reading Venue
The Elliott Bay Book Company	Seattle	Washington
Founded in 1973 and located in the heart of Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood business district, The Elliott Bay Book Company is a full service... Indie Bookstore
The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum	Key West	Florida
Built in 1851 and home to Ernest Hemingway for more than ten years (starting in 1931), this house in Key West, Florida is now open to the public... Historical Site
The Frost Place	Franconia	New Hampshire
Founded in 1976 as a nonprofit educational center for poetry and the arts, the Frost Place is located in the farmhouse where poet Robert Frost and... Historical Site, Writing Center
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 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
The Loft Literary Center	Minneapolis	Minnesota
Incorporated in 1975, the Loft Literary Center offers creative writing courses and hosts readings and other literary events, as well as sponsoring... Reading Venue, Writers Space, Writing Center
The Morgan Library & Museum	New York	New York
A complex of buildings in the heart of New York City, The Morgan Library & Museum began as the private library of financier Pierpont Morgan (... Literary Archive
The Mount	Lenox	Massachusetts
Built and designed by Edith Wharton in 1902, The Mount is both a historic site and a center for culture inspired by the passions of the American... Historical Site