Hobart Book Village of the Catskills
Several book stores located in the village of Hobart, New York.
Location Type: Literary Site
James Fenimore Cooper Statue
Washington Square Park
Washington Square Park, Washington Square, Greenwich Village, New York, New York, was a favorite stopping place of writers, including Robert Louis Stevenson and Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), who met there in 1888. Others were Henry James and Edith Wharton.
Edith Wharton Birthplace
The Edith Wharton Birthplace is not open to the public.
White Horse Tavern
White Horse Tavern, 567 Hudson Street and West 11th Street, New York, New York, has been frequented by many writers, including Louis Auchincloss, Brendan Behan, John Malcolm Brinnin, Jack Kerouac, Delmore Schwartz, and Dylan Thomas. The White Horse holds the dubious distinction of being the place where Dylan Thomas drank his last whiskey.
Calvary Cemetery
Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, New York, is the final resting place for Lorenzo Da Ponte.
Edwin Markham Place
Edwin Markham Place commemorates the poet who wrote “The Man with a Hoe.”
Provincetown Playhouse
The Provincetown Playhouse, Greenwich Village, presented plays by playwrights Eugene O’Neill, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Maxwell Bodenheim, Alfred Kreymborg, and e.e.cummings.
Pulitzer Fountain
The Pulitzer Fountain, East 59th Street and Grand Army Plaza, was built in 1916 and given to the city by Joseph Pulitzer.
Public Theatre
Public Theatre is where the New York Shakespeare Festival began.