This is Boston Literary District: Shakespeare on the Common; a speakers’ forum featuring Alice Walker; a book festival with Doris Kearns Goodwin; walking tours that take you past Sylvia Plath’s apartment, just around the corner from Robert Frost’s residence, and Khalil Gibran’s…! All that, and more – poetry slams, writing workshops, readings, signings – can be found in Boston’s Literary Cultural District, the first such district in the country. From Washington Street to Exeter, from Beacon Hill to Boylston, Boston is crammed with literary happenings and history – probably more so than any other city in the country. It’s a vibrant community of writers and readers who partake of Boston’s rich literary life via readings, discussions groups, and other programs and events. Boston has an unparalleled literary heritage with a broad and diverse set of writers ranging from enslaved poet Phillis Wheatley to Henry David Thoreau, Anne Sexton, and Eugene O’Neill. Get a glimpse of this district online and take advantage of a chance to see it up close with the hotels that offer literary tour packages. Enjoy the nearby restaurants with themed literary menus and visit institutions from the Boston Public Library to the Boston Athenaeum, Emerson College, Suffolk University, and GrubStreet, each with ongoing programs and events that cater to those who enjoy their relationship with the written word – or will develop one now that all things literary in Boston have been made more visible.
This is Boston Literary District: Shakespeare on the Common; a speakers’ forum featuring Alice Walker; a book festival with Doris Kearns Goodwin; walking tours that take you past Sylvia Plath’s apartment, just around the corner from Robert Frost’s residence, and Khalil Gibran’s…! All that, and more – poetry slams, writing workshops, readings, signings – can be found in Boston’s Literary Cultural District, the first such district in the country. From Washington Street to Exeter, from Beacon Hill to Boylston, Boston is crammed with literary happenings and history – probably more so than any other city in the country. It’s a vibrant community of writers and readers who partake of Boston’s rich literary life via readings, discussions groups, and other programs and events. Boston has an unparalleled literary heritage with a broad and diverse set of writers ranging from enslaved poet Phillis Wheatley to Henry David Thoreau, Anne Sexton, and Eugene O’Neill. Get a glimpse of this district online and take advantage of a chance to see it up close with the hotels that offer literary tour packages. Enjoy the nearby restaurants with themed literary menus and visit institutions from the Boston Public Library to the Boston Athenaeum, Emerson College, Suffolk University, and GrubStreet, each with ongoing programs and events that cater to those who enjoy their relationship with the written word – or will develop one now that all things literary in Boston have been made more visible.
