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
Casa Libre en la Solana	Tucson	Arizona
Located in Tucson, Arizona, Casa Libre en la Solana ("free house in the sun") is a community venue that provides classes, readings, and other... Reading Venue, Writing Center
Center for Literary Arts	San José	California
The Center for Literary Arts provides lectures, conversations, seminars, and readings—including its long-standing Major Authors Series, which... Reading Venue, Writing Center
Changing Hands Bookstore	Tempe	Arizona
Founded in 1974, Changing Hands Bookstore is an independent community bookstore and online bookseller that gives a portion of its proceeds to... Indie Bookstore
City Lights Booksellers & Publishers	San Francisco	California
Founded in 1953, this independent bookstore is also an historical landmark, offering three floors of books from major publishing houses as well as... Historical Site, Indie Bookstore
Collected Works Bookstore and Coffee House	Santa Fe	New Mexico
Collected Works is an independent and locally-owned business, located in downtown Santa Fe which has an inventory of over 30,000 titles, including... 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
Dashiell Hammett’s Home	San Fracisco	California
891 Post Street was home to Dashiell Hammett, author of The Maltese Falcon, in the 1920s. An historical marker indicates the location of... Historical Site
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library	Durham	North Carolina
Located at Duke University, the Rubenstein Library contains the Duke University archives, the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and... Literary Archive
DIESEL Books	Oakland	California
DIESEL is an independent neighborhood bookstore that hosts regular author events. The store also has branches in Malibu and Santa Monica,... Indie Bookstore
Edgar Allan Poe Cottage	Bronx	New York
Built in 1812, this wooden farmhouse was where Edgar Allan Poe spent the last years of his life, from 1846 to 1849. Poe wrote his most famous... Historical Site