Tattered Pages Used Books has been in existence since October 2006. They have over 17,000 books in their shop offering customers trade credit towards future purchases.
Herman Melville’s house in Troy, New York, 2 114th Street and First Avenue, is marked with a plaque. Melville’s first poems were published in the area. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Yaddo Artists Colony, founded by Kate (Katrina) Trask, is located off Union Avenue, Saratoga Springs. Among the writers who have been in residence are James Baldwin, Paul Bowles, Gwendolyn Brooks, Van Wyck Brooks, Claude Brown, Truman Capote, Raymond Carver, John Ciardi, Amy Clampitt, Peter Davison, Kenneth Fearing, Langston Hughes, Ted Hughes, David Ignatow, Alfred Kreymborg, … Continued
International Women’s Writing Guild Summer Conference, PO Box 810 Gracie Station, NY 10028 (mailing address), takes place in summer at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York. It includes workshops, readings, and many other literary events.
The New York State Writers Institute, is one of America’s premiere sites for celebrating the art of the written word. Numerous and diverse programs meet the challenge of the original mandate by providing the broadest possible educational base for students of writing, access to some of our greatest living authors for serious readers of literature, … Continued
Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s birthplace is located at Main and North Market Streets, Johnstown.