Nestled in the heart of Central Pennsylvania, the borough of Lewisburg sits alongside the Susquehanna River. Incorporated in 1812, Lewisburg was born out of a river town and soon began… read more →
In Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, nestled on North Market Street, sits a bookstore that’s been serving its community for 44 years. In its display windows, used books surround electric candles, inviting passersby… read more →
The way into Mondragon is sketchy. There’s no way around that, and even the owner, Sarajane, admitted as much with a laugh. Nothing about the low-rent building’s rundown front and… read more →
Sarajane Snyder, current owner of Mondragon Bookstore, likes to talk about gardening, which reflects the large gardening section within the many shelves of the store. Sarajane even equates her ownership… read more →
Key Events of Comics Metropolis Comics Metropolis opened on Labor Day, 2016 in Lewisburg, PA. They have had the same location for two years, they being the owners Albert Payne… read more →
Living in a world where information is available at the tips of one’s fingers, I’m amazed at the old-age vagueness surrounding Mondragon Books. No one seems to be quite sure… read more →
The life and culture that Books-A-Million provides appears uncharacteristic for the mall in which it resides. While other vendors in the Susquehanna Valley Mall of Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania seem to host… read more →
The town of Lewisburg was cast in grey and rain the day my group went to visit Mondragon. The local businesses each provided their own versions of warmth for the… read more →
Situated between a hair dresser’s and a BJ’s is a small independent bookstore located at 27 N Market Street in Selinsgrove. D.J. Ernst Books has been selling used and rare… read more →
Carla Cohen and Barbara Meade had chutzpah. As a precocious child, Cohen insisted upon attending her father’s Americans for Democratic Action meetings that were held in her living room; as… read more →
Women & Children First – Present: Place and People Chicago, Illinois is vast, as one would imagine. Confusing, and no doubt with brimming with all kinds of shopping and other… read more →
Prepare to be overwhelmed. Mile High Comics’ Jason Street location is a renovated warehouse home to thousands upon thousands of comic books and paperbacks, a wide array of toys and… read more →
Back in 1890, Hirsch Lany, a religious scribe in Lithuania began the company now known as J. Levine Books and Judaica. He distributed copies of the Torah and religious articles in… read more →
To some people, carrying on the legacy and contributions your family has brought to the community for generations is important. To not only continue the traditions, but also the work… read more →
The Strand Bookstore on Dipity. Since it was founded in 1927, The Strand has had a track history of survival and does not seem to be going anywhere anytime… read more →
When is the last time you had a comic in your hands? Do you remember what the title was, or even what the plot was about? I’m sure there are… read more →
While Portland, Oregon has over 20 times more people than the Portland where I grew up, on the other side of the country, it seems inviting enough to me, seeing… read more →
The Strand Bookstore, with its unmistakable red awning, has its main location at 828 Broadway (& 12th Street) in New York City. Nestled in between the borders of Manhattan’s Greenwich Village and East Village (the territory which the store’s location favors) the… read more →
When one thinks of New York City’s Midtown Manhattan, they think of the iconic sights and sounds of Broadway and the bustling tourist… read more →
Each bookstore owner has a definition of literature promoted in his or her shop. For example, in Parnassus on Wheels, the fictional bookseller Roger Mifflin has his own interpretation of… read more →
In late 1919 Frances Steloff came upon a vacant basement store front on 45th Street in New York City. That day, she went into work at Fredrick Loeser’s Department store… read more →
The motto of George Whitman’s Shakespeare and Company, taken from the words of Yeats, is etched onto an empty wall of the store: “Be not inhospitable to strangers lest they… read more →