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Various book types and genres on display within White Whale Bookstore (Alayna McBeth)<\/p>\nPittsburgh\u2019s White Whale Bookstore and Cafe is a spunky independent bookstore on Liberty Avenue.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Within the store, the creative energy is tangible; employees and customers alike are buzzing with conversation, discussing new releases and the classics.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Though small, every wall houses countless titles \u2013 contemporary and literary fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, poetry and more \u2013 and spotting a few popular BookTok favorites was inevitable.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The bookstore doubles as a cafe, with a selection of coffee and espresso drinks, tea, and even draft beer and wine, for individuals who prefer a drink with their newest read.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Various book types and genres on display within White Whale Bookstore (Alayna McBeth)<\/p>\n
Cozy seating welcomed customers to sit and stay a while, and the unique atmosphere fostered creativity in a way other stores I\u2019ve visited do not.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Not only is the store itself inspiring, but the events they host are also that of the creative variety. <\/p>\n
White Whale hosts readings, silent reading nights, writing workshops and other literary events. More than just a place to buy books, they wish to create a sense of community for Pittsburgh readers, and provide a space for creatives to thrive.<\/p>\n
The staff at White Whale are friendly and personable, eager to partake in conversation with customers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a quick conversation with the girl at the counter, she shared that she was not only working \u201cthe best job ever\u201d already, but was also studying literature and film in college.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was elated to hear of her creative pursuits, and secretly envied her studies \u2013 perhaps a work of her own will be on the shelves of White Whale one day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This Liberty Avenue bookstore offers not only great reads, but a place to get a little lost in a city that can sometimes be overwhelming.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stop in and grab a drink, a new book, and maybe find yourself in conversation in between the shelves. Creative spaces are meant to inspire, and White Whale does exactly that \u2013 and who doesn\u2019t need a little inspiration sometimes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh\u2019s White Whale Bookstore and Cafe is a spunky independent bookstore on Liberty Avenue.\u00a0 Within the store, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[76834,60940,73,75,74,78379,736,78380],"class_list":{"0":"post-174890","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-bookstore","9":"tag-pennwest-california","10":"tag-pittsburgh","11":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","12":"tag-pittsburgh-news","13":"tag-reader-hot-spots","14":"tag-reading","15":"tag-white-whale-bookstore"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}