Literary Site Type: Reading Venue

University of Wisconsin’s Creative Writing Program

Reading Venue

Though officially founded in 1978 by professor and poet Ron Wallace, the Program in Creative Writing has been around for almost as long as the Department of English; over the years its students and faculty have included such distinguished writers as Jean Toomer, Eudora Welty, Delmore Schwartz, Wallace Stegner, Saul Bellow, Lorraine Hansberry, James Merrill, Gwendolyn Brooks, Joyce Carol Oates, Anthony Doerr, Lorrie Moore, Lauren Groff, Amaud Jamaul Johnson, and Danez Smith.

Cherrywood Coffeehouse

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Cherrywood Coffeehouse is a cafe and performance space in Austin, Texas, that hosts a variety of musical and literary events, including Artistic Words Live, an open mic show featuring poetry, comedy, and live music.

Photo by Patricia Jaurrieta.

Dia Chelsea

Indie Bookstore, Reading Venue

In addition to Dia Beacon, Dia Bridgehampton, and Dia Chelsea, Dia maintains and operates a constellation of commissions, long-term installations, site-specific projects, and Land art, nationally and internationally. Building on more than 35 years of poetry programs at the institution, Poetry & pairs a poet with an artist of another discipline to create a unique experience. Kamilah N.

Napa Bookmine

Indie Bookstore, Reading Venue

Napa Bookmine opened its doors in downtown Napa on Friday the 13th, September 2013. They have since grown to hold over 25,000 books—used and new—and feature a year-round calendar of community events including author events, book clubs, game nights, and more! It is their hope to provide a welcoming, safe, inspiring place for their community to gather and celebrate the love of books.

Pandemonium Books and Games

Indie Bookstore, Reading Venue

Pandemonium Books and Games has resided in Boston for over 30 years. Their community is for anyone interested in enriching their life through play, literature, and imaginative storytelling. They have the largest event space of its kind in the Boston area, where they strive to create a comfortable and welcoming place for folks of all ages and identities. The shop carries science fiction, fantasy, and horror books, used books, board games, role-playing games, CCGs, and war games of all types.

Grinders Caffè

Reading Venue

Want to strut your stuff on stage? Grinders Caffè features local Wilmington talent every week. Are you an aspiring musician or want to perform spoken word? Come up on stage every Thursday from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. These nights are safe and inclusive spaces for creativity!

Hunter College’s Creative Writing Program

Reading Venue

Hunter College presents the Distinguished Writers Series, one of the signal components of the Hunter Creative Writing Program. It has a rich history and continuing tradition of presenting intimate readings and class visits to their MFA seminars from the leading voices in contemporary fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.

A Cappella Books

Indie Bookstore, Reading Venue

Since 1989, A Cappella Books has been serving the Atlanta community with a unique selection of new, used, and antiquarian titles. Together with a wide range of partners across Atlanta, the bookstore invites authors all year long for book signings and literary events. A Cappella also buys, sells, and trades used books.

A Cappella Books

Center for Brooklyn History

Reading Venue

The newly-formed Center for Brooklyn History (CBH) is an exciting collaboration between Brooklyn Historical Society and Brooklyn Public Library, combining materials collected over the past 157 years with BPL’s Brooklyn Collection and becoming the most expansive catalogue of Brooklyn history in the world.

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit

Reading Venue

The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit is a non-collecting contemporary art museum located in Detroit’s cultural center. Throughout the year MOCAD hosts music, performing arts, educational programs, and literary events.

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