Literary Places in New Orleans

The city exerted an influence on Tennessee Williams who lived for a time in New Orleans and used it as the setting for "A Streetcar Named Desire" and other short stories. Stay in the Tennessee Williams Suite at Hotel Monteleone, which featured in Williams’ play The Rose Tattoo, and hop on a streetcar you can temporarily name ‘Desire’ down to Saint Charles.

Visitors can pay tribute to the great American playwright at the annual Tennessee Williams Festival in March. Don’t miss the festival’s dramatic closing act, the Stanley and Stella shouting contest inspired by A Streetcar Named Desire.  

Another great source for books is the museum shops in town, including the Historic New Orleans Collection, which speaks volumes to lovers of local lore.