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Ithaca Literary Tour

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Tour Overview

Learn about Ithaca’s legacy of notable authors and poets

Ithaca has served as the home for many notable writers, including multiple Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize winners. Take this tour through Ithaca's literary past and learn about the places that famous authors lived and worked.

ACCESSIBILITY NOTES ABOUT THE TOUR:

Intended to be a driving tour or an avid biking trail.

Total distance travelled: 5.47 miles

Listen to the tour on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tompkinshistory/sets/ithaca-literary-tour

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Research and pictures compiled by The History Center in Tompkins County.

Stops

  1. Stop 1: 702 North Cayuga St: Junot Díaz's Home

  2. Stop 2: 212 Cascadilla St: Alex Haley's Home

  3. Stop 3: Alex Haley Municipal Pool

  4. Stop 4: Buffalo Street Books

  5. Stop 5: The Bookery

  6. Stop 6: The History Center's Local History Research Library

  7. Stop 7: Autumn Leaves

  8. Stop 8: Tompkins County Public Library

  9. Stop 9: 105 Cascadilla Park St: William Kennedy's Home

  10. Stop 10: 900 Stewart Ave: Carl Sagan's Home

  11. Stop 11: Belleayre Apartments: Vladimir Nabokov's Apartment

  12. Stop 12: Baker Dormitories: E. B. White's Freshman Dorm

  13. Stop 13: Libe Slope

  14. Stop 14: Delta Upsilon Fraternity: Kurt Vonnegut's Apartment

  15. Stop 15: Cascadilla Hall: Toni Morrison's Dorm

  16. Stop 16: Sheldon Court

  17. Stop 17: 226 Linden Ave: Richard Fariña Apartment

  18. Stop 18: 957 East State St: Vladimir Nabokov's Home

  19. Stop 19: 802 East Seneca St: Vladimir Nabokov's Home

  20. Stop 20: 702 East Buffalo St: Thomas Pynchon's Apartment

  21. Stop 21: 109 Williams St: Kurt Vonnegut's Apartment

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