With its vibrant blue exterior, Bible Depot catches the eye of passing visitors and locals alike. Well, the paint job isn’t the most eye-catching aspect of the outside of the… 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 →
It’s Tuesday, 4:17 pm. Outside, the air is crisp and clear, and you can feel each breath as it rushes to fill your expanding lungs. You pull your jacket tighter.… read more →
On a dreary Wednesday afternoon, I walk into DJ Ernst Used and Rare Bookstore. The owner–affectionately known as Homer–greets me from the check-out desk three quarters into the small, one-room… read more →
When you first enter Mondragon, you do not actually enter the physical store. Instead, you enter a long hallway that leads up into the apartments. The hallway is lined with… read more →
When entering Bible Depot, the feeling of the merchandise leaning in close to whisper, “Come in, please, look around,” was close to my first experience when walking into the bookstore.… read more →
On February 1, 1975, Selinsgrove’s most notable independent bookstore, DJ Ernst Books, was founded. Neither Ernst nor his father, who originally opened the shop, had any real experience in bookselling.… read more →
The Susquehanna Valley Mall is a focal point of the Selinsgrove town and surrounding areas. It it where all the college kids from Susquehanna University go when they need anything… read more →
In 1842, the American company Wilson & Co. published what is now called the first American comic: an English reprint of the French comic “The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck”.… read more →
As I walk into DJ Ernst Books, Donald J. Ernst–known affectionately to Susquehanna students as Homer–is already in the midst of a conversation about the types of books he sells… read more →
A Brief History of Bible Depot Bible Depot opened in Sunbury, Pennsylvania in 1931 (exact date unknown) on Market Street, the hub of activity for the town. At some point… read more →
When you drive into Selinsgrove for the first time and see the almost Victorian style architecture, the quaint, locally-owned storefronts, and even the lamposts adorned with flowers, you can see… 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 →
Growing up I attended church every Sunday, though, being as young as I was, I was stuck in Sunday school. Now, I have not set foot in a church for… read more →
In 1868, Henry G. Schwartz, the architect responsible for many of the houses lining South Third Street in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, drew up designs for, and subsequently went about building, the… read more →
It’s a cold, rainy afternoon, and as I walk onto Selinsgrove’s Market Street for the first time in my college career, I notice how quiet it is. The few people… read more →