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woodlawn cemetery
from herman melville posted in literature by pete_nice
On November 14, 1851, Moby-Dick was published for the first time in New York. The book was written by Herman Melville and was rooted in his own experiences in the US Navy and as a merchant marine in the South Seas.
Herman Melville died in 1891, and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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from garrison keillor posted in literature by elvis_crabs
Daunt Books is a London bookstore known for its luminescent skylights and eclectic collection.
Garrison Keillor was inspired to open his bookstore at a new location after visiting Daunt Books.
According to a Star Tribune article: "You're sort of overwhelmed by the beauty of it. To someone of my age, who grew up loving books, that's a powerful thing."
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from garrison keillor posted in literature by elvis_crabs
Originally opened in 2006 at the Blair Street Arcade in St. Paul, Common Good Books moved to this new storefront on April 9, 2012.
Owned by Garrison Keillor, author of several books and host of A Prairie Home Companion, Common Good Books is located near the campus of Macalester College.
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from allen ginsberg, howl posted in literature by elvis_crabs
Started by a group of artists and writers in San Francisco, the Six Gallery was a small art gallery in a former auto repair shop.
Most notably, the gallery was the site of a famous poetry reading on October 7, 1955. Conceived by the artist Wally Hendrik, the "Gallery Six reading" (or Six Angels in the Same Performance) was a reading by six poets and writers that was one of the first public presentations by the Beat Generation.
At this reading, Allen Ginsberg first read his seminal poem, Howl. In attendance, a drunken Jack Kerouac yelled "Yeah! Go!", while Neal Cassady passed around a wine jug and a collection plate. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who was also there, telegrammed Ginsberg the next day and offered to publish the work.
The Beats kept coming...
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from sherlock holmes posted in literature by chewing_the_scenery
Even though it's technically located between 237 and 241, the official address of the Sherlock Holmes Museum in London is 221B Baker Street, the address where Sherlock and Watson lived in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories.
For many years, the Abbey National building on Baker Street received mail delivered to 221B (from fans or else crazies hoping to correspond with the fictional Sherlock himself) until the museum, founded in 1990, decided that somehow they could claim the 221B address. The dispute lasted until Abbey National vacated their building in 2005.
The museum features Holmes memorabilia and is modeled after the description of the residence in the stories.
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