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
Writers' Room of Boston	Boston	Massachusetts
Founded in 1988, the Writers’ Room of Boston is a nonprofit organization that provides affordable workspace for emerging and established writers.... Writers Space
Writers WorkSpace	Chicago	Illinois
Writers WorkSpace is a writers' studio in Chicago, Illinois. Facilities include quiet desk space, a lounge and kitchen, a conference room, lockers... Writers Space
WriterHouse	Charlottesville	Virginia
WriterHouse is a not-for-profit in Charlottesville, Virginia, that offers quiet workspace for writers, writing classes and one-day seminars,... Writers Space, Writing Center
WordsWorth Books & Co.	Little Rock	Arkansas
WordsWorth Books & Company is the oldest independent bookstore in Little Rock. It sells a variety of fiction and nonfiction titles, as well as... Indie Bookstore
WORD	Brooklyn	New York
Established in 2007, WORD is a 1,000 square-foot independent neighborhood bookstore in Greenpoint, the northernmost neighborhood of Brooklyn, New... Indie Bookstore
Woodland Pattern Book Center	Milwaukee	Wisconsin
Founded in 1979, Woodland Pattern Book Center is a nonprofit organization and writing center that also houses a bookstore with over 25,000 small... Indie Bookstore, Writing Center
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
William Cullen Bryant Homestead	Cummington	Massachusetts
The William Cullen Bryant Homestead is the boyhood home and later summer residence of William Cullen Bryant. Currently operated by the nonprofit... Historical Site
Willa Cather's Childhood Home	Red Cloud	Nebraska
Willa Cather came to Nebraska from Virginia in 1883 when she was nine years old. The Cather family lived in this home in Red Cloud from 1884 to... Historical Site
West Side Books	Denver	Colorado
West Side Books is an independent bookstore located in the historic Highlands neighborhood of northwest Denver. Since 1998, the store has been... Indie Bookstore