The Ohioana Library Assocation has created the Ohio Literary Trail featuring 70 sites to visit recognizing writers and libraries connected to the state. Ohio is home to no shortage of famed authors and admired libraries. From the northwest region, where American realist author Theodore Dreiser wrote his debut classic novel “Sister Carrie” in 1900, to the house in Dayton where poet Paul Laurence Dunbar was living at the time of his death in 1906, the state is steeped in literary history. The Ohioana Library Association, which has tasked itself with preserving this rich heritage, has printed and updated a map of literary sites every 10 years since 1957. Now, the nonprofit organization is evolving the concept for the digital era with the online Ohio Literary Trail that it debuted at the end of July. With the help of the Ohio History Connection, Ohioana compiled a trail map with more than…
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