Verdi Club
Established in 1916 as a private club in San Francisco’s Mission District, the historic Verdi Club is now available to the general public for private functions such as weddings, conferences, concerts, and many other special events.
Literary Site Type: Reading Venue
Poetry Foundation
The first space in Chicago dedicated solely to the art of poetry, the Poetry Foundation building houses a thirty thousand volume poetry library (which includes audio and video recordings in private listening booths and a Special Collections section), an exhibition gallery, a performance space for the foundation’s events, and the offices of the Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine. Programming includes author events, readings, discussions, poetry camps, and more.
Photos by Melladramatic, courtesy of the Poetry Foundation.
Ivy Bookshop
Committed to local life, the Ivy Bookshop is a community space in Baltimore, anchored by a vibrant bookstore, in Baltimore’s historic Mt. Washington neighborhood. They believe in books as tools of connection between people, and they invite you to gather—whether by finding a hidden gem of a book with a bookseller in the shop, strolling through their abundant outdoor spaces with your book and a picnic, or joining them at an author event where books come alive as conversations about the things that make life meaningful.
San Diego State University’s Creative Writing Program
The Living Writers Series began at San Diego State University over twenty-five years ago, and thus has achieved recognition as one of the longest continuously running reading series in the nation. Shortly before the new millennium, Mr. Hugh C. Hyde generously endowed the reading series, thereby ensuring the continuance of its mission. Through the years, the series has brought to San Diego prominent and emerging poets and writers for readings, workshops, salon discussions, and classroom lectures.
Union Avenue Books
Union Avenue Books is an independent bookstore in downtown Knoxville that frequently hosts readings and other literary events.
Kick Butt Coffee
Kick Butt Coffee is a café by day and a bar by night that hosts poetry open mics among other events.
Inprint
By fostering the art of creative writing, the mission of Inprint is to inspire readers and writers in Houston. A nonprofit organization founded in 1983, Inprint fulfills this mission through the nationally renowned Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series, the Cool Brains! Reading Series for Young People, Escritores en la casa Reading Series, and through literary and educational activities in the community that demonstrate the value and impact of creative writing with support from the UH Creative Writing Program.
AvantGarden
AvantGarden draws patrons both from surrounding Montrose and Museum District neighborhoods in Houston and from afar with its plethora of nightly events. They host Write About Now’s weekly poetry slam and open mic series every Wednesday night from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM.
Center for Literary Arts of San José
The Center for Literary Arts provides lectures, conversations, seminars, and readings—including its long-standing Major Authors Series, which features award-winning authors—that allow the San José community to interact with writers of contemporary literature who have demonstrated exceptional voice and vision. Its mission is to spread the influence of, and interest in, literature throughout the South Bay–area of California and to facilitate cross-cultural understanding in the region’s ethnically diverse population through the appreciation of works of literature.
Next Chapter Booksellers
Next Chapter Booksellers is the largest independent bookstore in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
It began in 2006 as Common Good Books. It changed names and ownership in the spring of 2019. Next Chapter Booksellers is well known for reliable bookseller recommendations, high-caliber events, and a wide selection of new and bestselling titles.
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