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An illustration of an entry from Sylvia Plath's journals, 1951, part of the "Sylvia Plath's Food Diary" project.
food

This Writer Is Tweeting Everything Sylvia Plath Ever Ate

Busting sexist myths about a famous poet, one tweet at a time.
Reina Gattuso March 19, 2021
Novelist Sir Walter Scott, who lived from 1771 to 1832.
libraries

Why 1920s L.A. Went Wild for an 19th-Century Scottish Novelist

Walter Scott wrote fantasies about medieval Saxons—just the thing for Jazz Age Angelenos.
Keith Johnston January 7, 2021
Itinerary

12 Places in Massachusetts Where Literature Comes to Life

50 States of Wonder
Jessica Leigh Hester
San Diego, California

Hotel del Coronado

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.
Sligo, Ireland

Grave of W. B. Yeats

This cemetery overlooking the Benbulben rock formation is the final resting place of one of Ireland's most beloved poets.
The museum celebrating a double Pulitzer winner.
Key West, Florida

Tennessee Williams Museum

This small Key West museum is packed with dozens of artifacts that illustrate the life of the iconic playwright.
Kylie's Hut
Crowdy Bay National Park, Australia

Kylie Tennant's Hut

An Australian novelist's cozy coastal retreat, turned campground.
Glendalough, Ireland

Writers' Room at The Wicklow Heather

A restaurant with an extensive Irish whiskey bar also has several first editions of famous works by Irish authors.
Literatų gatvė (Literature Street).
Vilnius, Lithuania

Literatų Gatvė (Literature Street)

Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.
Days before his death, Dickens' handwriting was still firm and clear.
literature

Sold: Charles Dickens’s Liquor Log

Dickens spent the days before his death counting casks of whiskey.
Reina Gattuso September 26, 2019
Denver, Colorado

My Brother's Bar

Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver's oldest watering holes.
The house where H.G. Wells lived.
Sandgate, England

House of H.G. Wells

In a small Kentish seaside stands the former home of one of the greatest science-fiction writers.
William Saroyan's Grave.
Yerevan, Armenia

William Saroyan's Grave

Half of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's ashes were buried in Armenia.
libraries

In a Special Room in an Ohio Library, Toni Morrison’s Legacy Lives On

The Nobel Prize–winning novelist never lost touch with her hometown.
Sabrina Imbler August 8, 2019
The restored Charles Dickens statue.
Sydney, Australia

Charles Dickens Statue

This rare effigy of the author spent years lost in storage.
A Nation of Writers Exhibit.
Chicago, Illinois

American Writers Museum

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.
Faulkner House Books.
New Orleans, Louisiana

Faulkner House Books

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.
Camden, New Jersey

Walt Whitman's Grave

The final resting place of one of the United States's greatest poets.