Last month Seattle City of Literature launched the Seattle Literary Map in print and digitally. The Literary Map is a guide to the people, places, businesses, and organizations that have made important contributions to Seattle’s literary scene. Seattle is one of only two UNESCO Cities of Literature in the United States. The Literary Map honors Seattle’s writers, poets, and literary places, while inspiring residents and tourists alike to learn about them. The project honors both physical places and people that have helped shape the literary community, including organizations and community groups who are doing work in the literary space but may not have a brick-and-mortar store. The project also sought to challenge colonial concepts of maps, taking a more creative approach. Artist Erin Shigaki created the watercolor design of the map, while cartographer Gregory Woolston tried to include more socially produced, temporary, or mobile places, either on the map itself or through spotlights on the website.