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Literary Tours: Muir Woods National Monument, San Francisco

By Dolly Lee 8 Comments

Muir Woods literary tour

In today’s literary tour, hike the Muir Woods National Monument in northern California with Dolly Lee.

Filed Under: Blog, Literary Tour

Literary Tour: David Levinthal’s “MAKE BELIEVE” Exhibit at San Jose Museum of Art

By Dolly Lee 16 Comments

david levinthal exhibit

Visit David Levinthal’s ‘MAKE BELIEVE’ exhibit at San Jose Museum of art, with cultural images such as Barbie, baseball, World War II and sexual politics.

Filed Under: Art, Art Galleries and Exhibits, Literary Tour

Literary Tour: Willa Cather Childhood Home (Red Cloud, Nebraska)

By Michelle DeRusha 9 Comments

Willa Cather Tweetspeak Poetry Literary Tour Red Cloud Nebraska

On a recent literary tour to Red Cloud, Nebraska, Michelle DeRusha stayed in the room Willa Cather slept in when she was in town, half-hopeful, half-leery Willa’s ghost would visit.

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Literary Tour: Independence Rock (Casper, Wyoming)

By Will Willingham 15 Comments

Independence Rock landscape

If you should find yourself traveling the Oregon-California Trail, be sure to stop at Independence Rock. It’ll have you wanting to make your mark.

Filed Under: Blog, Literary Tour, Writing in Place

Literary Tour: Georgia O’Keeffe and Lake George at San Francisco’s DeYoung Museum

By Dolly Lee 7 Comments

Georgia O Keefe museum

The exhibit suggested Georgia O’Keeffe painted to make the intangible, such as her feelings, more tangible.

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Literary Tour: Alcatraz

By Dolly Lee 14 Comments

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I realize the children of Alcatraz prison staff once played on one end of the island and rode a ferry to San Francisco to attend school.

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Literary Tour: New York Public Library Children’s Book Exhibit

By Will Willingham 12 Comments

New York Public Library Goodnight Moon

Just in time for Children’s Book Week, we visit the children’s book exhibit, The ABC of It, at the New York Public Library.

Filed Under: Blog, Books, Children's Authors, Children's Stories, Libraries, Literary Tour

T.S. Poetry Press Goes to the Big Apple (and Donates a Peach)

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

book donation to poets house

T.S. Poetry Press is doing its part to ensure that on your next trip to New York City, the endless river of books will still be flowing freely.

Filed Under: Blog, Books, Literary Tour, New York Literary

Tweetspeak Love: Darlene S.

By L.L. Barkat 25 Comments

We like to think Tweetspeak Love arises because of the care we take to help people explore their hearts and souls, and the measure of their power with words.

Filed Under: Blog, Literary Tour, New York Literary, Tweetspeak Love

Literary Tour: Thoreau Center for Sustainability in San Francisco’s the Presidio

By Dolly Lee 3 Comments

Thoreau Center for Sustainability Autoboatography

A seed of serendipity led us to the Cafe Rx, located inside the Thoreau Center for Sustainability in the Presidio, a national park set in San Francisco, California.

Filed Under: Blog, Literary Tour

Literary Tour: Faulkner House Books, New Orleans

By Glynn Young 10 Comments

Faulkner House Literary Tour

Faulkner House Books is a literary landmark in New Orleans – the place where William Faulkner wrote stories, poems and the novel “Soldier’s Pay.”

Filed Under: Books, Literary Tour, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews

Literary Tours: Robert Indiana at the Indianapolis Museum of Art

By Charity Singleton Craig 8 Comments

the essential robert indiana

While oft celebrated as a meticulous Pop artist with recognizable use of color, line, and shape, Charity Singleton Craig sees Robert Indiana as a poet, novelist and memoirist.

Filed Under: Art, Art Galleries and Exhibits, Blog, Indiana Tour, Literary Tour

Literary Tours: Palm Springs Art Museum

By Dolly Lee 14 Comments

On literary tours we often stop at places such as the Palm Springs Art Museum, to enjoy a visual feast.

Filed Under: Art, Art Galleries and Exhibits, Blog, Literary Tour

Literary Tour: Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida

By Kathryn Neel 5 Comments

literary tour atlantic center for the arts

In today’s literary tour, Kathryn Neel takes us into the jungle off the Atlantic coast in Florida for a colorful tour of the Atlantic Center for the Arts.

Filed Under: Art, Art Galleries and Exhibits, Blog, Literary Tour

Literary Tours: Cassadaga Florida

By Kathryn Neel 7 Comments

Palm Tree Cassadaga Literary Tour Spiritualist

Visit Cassadaga, a small Florida town that is a cross between Mayberry and The Twilight Zone, with a dash of Old West ghost town.

Filed Under: Blog, Literary Tour

Literary Tours: Rex Hausmann’s Max-a-mal Exhibit at The Cody Center

By Dolly Lee 15 Comments

Literary Tours Rex Hausmann Cody Center

Tweetspeak Literary Tours take us many places. This time we visit Rex Hausmann’s Max-a-mal Exhibit at The Cody Center on the grounds of Laity Lodge retreat center.

Filed Under: Art, Art Galleries and Exhibits, Blog, Literary Tour

Literary Tours: Poets House, New York City

By L.L. Barkat 13 Comments

Poets House Lucille Clifton

Poets House is a place of reclamation, of your past and of your future.

Filed Under: Anniversary Poems, Blog, Friendship Poems, Hope Poems, Literary Tour, love poems, love poetry, Nature Poems, New York Literary, Poems, Poems about poetry, poetry

Literary Tours: Sleepy Hollow’s Washington Irving House

By Nancy Franson 5 Comments

Our virtual Literary Tours travels to the villages of Sleepy Hollow and neighboring Tarrytown, New York, to visit Washington Irving’s home, “Sunnyside.”

Filed Under: Blog, Literary Tour, New York Literary

Literary Tours: New York City Top Sights Tour!

By T.S. Poetry 11 Comments

Check out our whirlwind virtual tour of New York City, then plan your own amazing visit!

Filed Under: Blog, Literary Tour, New York Literary, Tweetspeak Tugboats

How to Become a Better Writer: Cantor Arts Center Artist Date

By Dolly Lee 21 Comments

Artist Dates help us learn how to become a better writer. Today, we only have one hour to tour an art museum with Dolly Lee. Let’s get started.

Filed Under: Artist Date, Blog, Literary Tour

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