Eric Harper Presents

11/20/2025

Another photo from a listener and supporter of Neighborhood Bookstore podcast. Thank you!

11/16/2025

Congratulations to my podcast co-host Craig! His bookstore, POP Art Books Culture, was voted the area’s #1 bookstore for the 3rd year in a row!

2023~~2024~~2025

What do these three years have in common? The BEST customers a store could ask for voted for POP! as the " Vindicators Reader's Choice Best Bookstore!"

THANK YOU ALL!

10/18/2025

Ohio!

Before “The Twilight Zone” made Rod Serling a household name, the legendary writer honed his craft right here in Ohio — from script writing at Antioch College to working for TV studios in Cincinnati. 🌀

🔗 https://www.ohiomagazine.com/ohio-life/article/how-ohio-shaped-rod-serling-s-the-twilight-zone

10/17/2025

Lit Youngstown’s 2025 Fall Literary Festival. Let’s do this!

10/08/2025

Two days only!

Free shipping from Bookshop.org! Help support your friendly, neighborhood bookstore by shopping Bookshop.org!

SHOP NOW! Click or paste this link...
https://bookshop.org/shop/popabcstore

08/20/2025

10 years ago, when I was still running a film and video production company, my team and I tested out a new camera and jib arm with the help of the incomparable Courtney Waskin of Ms Waskin and The Radio.

We did a second test with the EZ Jib and Canon C300. This time, in addition to our Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens, we rented a Canon 16-35mm lens from Clev...

08/14/2025

My favorite Halloween read! (Well, possibly tied with Something Wicked This Way Comes.) A NIGHT IN LONESOME OCTOBER is narrated by an animal familiar, S***f the dog, as he works to save the world from supernatural end times, alongside a collection of gothic monsters and Universal characters. In fact, nearly all the main characters are animal familiars (cats, rats, birds, etc). It’s not a brutal book, but full disclosure: it’s possible not every familiar might make it to the end. And wonderfully, the book is divided into 31 chapters corresponding to the days of the month. I read it one chapter a day so the climax occurs in real time on Halloween.

08/07/2025

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Save the Dates!

For the remaining months of 2025, the in-person workshop for Tarot and Journaling for Self-Care at The Dreaming Tree will be the first Sunday of the month at 3:00 pm.

Dates include:

September 7
October 5
November 2
December 7

Themes will be announced as they arrive.

As always, beginners are welcome! And tickets are here: https://calendly.com/jcharper/in-person-tarot-workshop

Getting your ticket in advance helps me plan for seating and snacks. I realize it's not always possible, but I appreciate it if you can. 😀

Need help? Send me your questions.

07/26/2025

Black Cherry Blues by James Lee Burke (1990), winner of the Edgar award and probably the book I have recommended more to people than any other. Few authors capture loneliness, longing, grief, or guilt like Burke, or wrap it in such melodious prose. Or create characters who struggle so hard, yet so often fail, to do the right thing.

07/22/2025

What Craig said!

I primarily sell used books, so I like it when people bring me used books to resell, with one exception.

Although it doesn't happen very often, I'm always feel a little sad when somebody trades in a Christopher Barzak book because it means that they can't take it off their shelf whenever they want, they can't loan it to a friend and they can't re-read it at their leisure.

You should, and I'm not just saying this because he was on an episode of with me and the incomparable Eric Harper, OWN every one of this Youngstown author's books.

You can start with "Monstrous Alterations". A wild collection of short stories where fairy tales, gothic narratives and classic monster stories are transformed into new wonders.

Available through Bookshop.org
https://bookshop.org/a/85659/9781590217610

07/08/2025

Shop via this link and POP Art Books Culture gets a percent of the sale: https://bookshop.org/shop/popabcstore

Free shipping this week! Maybe it’s time to catch up on those Neighborhood Bookstore podcast reads. 😉

You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳