You Had No Idea These Places From Your Favorite Books Were So Beautiful In Real Life

In Eudora Welty's On Writing, the novelist notes the importance of a keen sense of place: "The sense of place is as essential to good and honest writing as a logical mind; surely they are somewhere related. It is by knowing where you stand that you grow able to judge where you are." Further, she says art is the best means of achieving "a mutual understanding of the world." So for writers, accurately capturing a city or country is a lofty and important responsibility.

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