April Poetry Month

In the April Poetry Month we want to visit the following independent bookstores, library, musea, and festivals to promote LAPB, LAPD and Poetry Train 2022.

Friday April 1 – New York
01. New York City
– Public Library Fort Hamilton (9424 4th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11209)
– The Bookmark Shoppe (8415 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11209)

Saturday April 2 – New York
01. New York City
– George Bruce Library (518 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027)
– Book Culture (2915 Broadway, New York, NY 10025)
– Book Culture (536 W 112th St, New York, NY 10025)
– Sister’s Uptown Bookstore (1942 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10032)
– Word Up (2113 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10032)
– The Lit. Bar (131 Alexander Ave, Bronx, NY 10454) 
– Revolution Books (437 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10037)
– Astoria Bookshop (31-29 31st St, Astoria, NY 11106)
– Book Culture LIC (26-09 Jackson Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101)
– WORD (126 Franklin St, Brooklyn, NY 11222)
– Book Thug Nation (100 N 3rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11249)
– Quimby’s Bookstore NYC (536 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211)
– Greenlight Bookstore (686 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11217)
– Unnameable Books (615 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238)
– Everything Goes Bookcafe (208 Bay St, Staten Island, NY 10301)

Sunday April 3 – New Jersey
02. Newark
– JM BOOKS
10:00 am Source of Knowledge Book Store
– Newark Public Library
– CHG-PMD
03. Trenton
– Trenton Public Library
– Classics Books & Gifts

Monday, April 4 – Pennsylvania
04. Philadelphia
– Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
10.00 am Harriett’s Bookshop
– The Book Trader
– Head House Books
– Mostly Books
– Brickbat Books
– Big Blue Marble Bookstore
2:00 pm Free Public Library
– Bauman Rare Books
– Shakespeare & Co
– Joseph Fox Bookshop
– The Rosenbach Museum & Library
– Book Corner
– The Last Word Bookshop
– Bindlestiff Books
– House of Our Own Books

Monday, April 4 – Delaware
05. Wilmington
– Between Books 2.0
– The Wilmington library
– Around Again & Again Books
– The Ninth Street Book Shop

Tuesday, April 5 – Maryland
06. Baltimore
– Normal’s Book & Records
– Book Thing of Baltimore Inc
– Greedy Reads Remington
– Atomic Books
– Red Emma’s Bookstore Coffeehouse
– Pratt Library
– Maryland Historical Society Museum and Library
– Charm City Books
– The Book Escape
– Fort McHenry National Monument

Wednesday, April 6 – District of Columbia
07. Washington
– Busboy and Poets,
09:45 am American Poetry Museum
– Kramers
12:00 am Lost City Books
– Second Story Books
– The Lantern
– District of Columbia Public Library
– Carpe Librum
– Folger Shakespeare Library
– Riverby Books
– Capitol Hill Books
– East City Bookshop
– Bridge Street Books
– Cedar Hill: Frederick Douglass’ Home

Thursday, April 7 – Virginia
08. Alexandria
– Old Town Books
– Hooray for Books!
– Charles E. Beatley, Jr, Alexandria Library
09. Manassas
– Prince William Public Library
10. Culpeper
– Culpeper County Library

Friday, April 8 – Virginia
11. Charlottesville
– Book Room
– Daedalus Bookshop
– New Dominion Bookshop: New Books & Gifts
– 2nd Act Books
– Blue Whale Books
– Jefferson-Madison Regional Library
– Heartwood Books
– WriterHouse
12. Staunton
– Know Knew Books
2:00 pm The Book Dragon Shop
– Staunton Public Library
13. Clifton Forge
– Clifton Forge Public Library

Saturday, April 9 – West Virginia
14. White Sulphur Springs
– White Sulphur Springs Library
15. Alderson
– Alderson’s Store
16. Hinton
– Summers County Public Library
17. Prince
– Raleigh County Public Library (Beckley)
18. Thurmond
– Oak Hill Public Library (Oak Hill)
19. Montgomery
– Montgomery Public Library
20. Charleston
– Taylor Books
– Kanawha County Public Library
– Homeward Bound Books

Sunday, April 10 – West Virginia
21. Huntington
– The Inner Geek
– Cabell County Public Library
– Cicada Books & Coffee

Sunday, April 10 – Kentucky
22. Ashland
– Boyd County Public Library, Ashland
23. Portsmouth, OH
– Portsmouth Public Library
24. Maysville
– Mason County Public Library

Sunday, April 10 – Ohio
25. Cincinnati
1:00 p.m. The Book Rack
– Bookshelf
– Joseph-Beth Booksellers
– Ohio Book Store
– Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library
– Smith & Hannon Bookstore
– Joy and Matt’s Books
– Duttenhofer’s Books
– Downbound Books

Sunday, April 10 – Indiana
26. Cornersville
– Fayette County Public Library

Monday, April 11 – Indiana
27. Indianapolis
9:00 am Kurt Vonnegut Museum + Library
– Indianapolis Public Library
– Books on Sale
– Indy Reads
28. Crawfordsville
– Crawfordsville District Public Library
29. Lafayette
– West Lafayette Public Library
– Von’s Book Shop
– Second Flight Books
– Tippecanoe County Library
30. Rensselaer
– Rensselaer Library
31. Highland
– Lake County Public Library
– Miles Books

Tuesday, April 12 – Illinois
32. Chicago
– Bookie’s – New and Used Books
– Powell’s Bookstores
– American Writers Museum
11:45 am Heirloom Books
– Sandmeyer’s Bookstore
– Barbara’s Bookstore
– Carpe Librum
– Chicago Public Lirbrary
– Shake Rattle & Read: The Book Box
– Women & Children First
– Uncharted Books
– Bookworks
– Pilsen Community Books
– Open Books: Pilsen
– Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc.
– Volumes Bookstore

Wednesday, April 13 – Illinois
33. Chicago
– after-words bookstore
– Open Books
– 826CHI
– Volumes Bookcafe
– Myopic Books
– Quimby’s
– Chicago Literary Hall of Fame
– Ravenswood Used Books
2:00 pm The Book Cellar
– Writers WorkSpace
– The Armadillo’s Pillow
– Unabridged Bookstore
– The Gallery Bookstore
– City Lit Books
– Read/Write Library Chicago
– Ernest Hemingway Museum in Oak Park

Thursday, April 14 – Illinois
34. Naperville
– Naperville Public Library
– Anderson’s Bookshop
35. Aurora
– Aurora Public Library
36. Mendota
– Graves-Hume Public Library
37. Princeton
– Princeton Public Library
38. Galesburg
3:00 pm Galesburg Public Library
3:40 pm Wordsmith Bookshoppe

Thursday, April 14 – Iowa
39. Fort Madison
– Fort Madison Public Library

Thursday, April 14 – Missouri
40. La Plata
– La Plata Public Library

Friday, April 15 – Missouri
41, Kansas City
– Rainy Day Books (Fairway)
– Kansas City Public Library
– Wise Blood Booksellers
– BLK + BRWN.
– The Writers Place
– Prospero’s Books

Friday, April 15 – Kansas
42. Lawrence
– Lawrence Public Library
– The Dusty Bookshelf
– Signs of Life
4:30 pm The Raven Book Store
43. Topeka
– Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
– Round Table Bookstore
– Dean’s 1/2 Price Books

Saturday, April 16 – Kansas
44. Newton
– Book Reviews
– Newton Public Library
45. Hutchinson
– Bookends
– Hutchinson Public Library
– Crow & Co.
46. Dodge City
– Dodge City Public Library
47. Garden City
– Finney County Public Library

Sunday, April 17 – Colorado
48. Lamar
– Amache Museum (Granada)
10:00 am Book Depot
– Lamar Public Library
49. La Junta
– Bent’s Old Fort
– Woodruff Memorial Library
50. Trinidad
– Carnegie Public Library
– Books & More Bookstore
– Mutiny Trinidad

Monday, April 18 – New Mexico
51. Raton
– Raton City Library
52. Las Vegas
– Las Vegas Carnegie Public Library
– Tome On The Range
– Paper Trail….,
53. Santa Fe
– Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse
10:00 a.m. Santa Fe Public Library
– Big Star Books & Music
12:30 p.m. Gunstock Hill Books
– Beastly Books
– op.cit. books
– Books of Interest

Tuesday, April 19 – New Mexico
54. Albuquerque
9:00 a.m. Page 1 Books
– Albuquerque Library
– TITLE WAVE BOOKS REVISED
1:00 p.m. Bookworks
55. Gallup
– Octavia Fellin Public Library
– UNM-Gallup Bookstore

Tuesday, April 19 – Arizona
56. Winslow
3:00 p.m. Winslow Public Library
57. Flagstaff
– Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library
– Bright Side Bookshop
58. Williams
– Williams Public Library

Wednesday, April 20 – Arizona
59. Kingman
– Mohave County Library
11:00 a.m. 5th Street Books
60. Needles
1:00 p.m. Donya’s Buy the Book (Fort Mohave)
– South Mohave Valley Community Library (Fort Mohave)
– Paperback Book Exchange (Bullhead City)
– Bullhead City Branch Library (Bullhead City)

Thursday, April 21 – California
61. Barstow
– Jeff Stark Books
– Barstow Branch Library
62. Victorville
– Victorville City Library

Thursday, April 21 – California
63. San Bernardino
– San Bernardino Public Library
64. Riverside
– Cellar Door Bookstore
– Downtowne Book Store
– Riverside Public Library
– Renaissance Book Shop
65. Fullerton
– Fullerton Public Library
– Half Off Books Records Films

Friday, April 22 – California
66. Los Angeles
– Alias Books East
– Avenue 50 Studio
– 826LA
– The Huntington Library
– Los Angeles Public Library
– Vroman’s Bookstore
– Book Soup
– & Pens Press
– Skylight Books
– Larry Edmunds Bookshop
– The Last Bookstore
– Sims Library Of Poetry
– Libros Schmibros
– Other Books LA
– Diesel bookshop
6:00 pm Beyond Baroque
– Small World Books

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