READ MORE BOOKS! Each character of this directive is painted in bubbly letters on a pane of a large gridded window of Cherry Street’s newest gem: Meadow Market Books, located in the space formerly occupied by Gas Petal Flower Shop.
On my first visit, I sense immediately this isn’t your run-of-the-mill bookseller. Near the entry stands a rack of FREE (according to a handwritten sign) zines, books, and other odds and ends. The shop is small, but its white walls, wide windows, and smart use of vertical shelf space keep it from feeling cramped. Across the way, popular titles like The Shining and Lincoln in the Bardo cozy up next to Carl Antonowicz’s graphic novel The Ardent. The next case features two packed shelves devoted to Oklahoma authors.
Initially, owners Jared and Melodie Coulter (also of Bad Habit Improv) wanted to open a mobile bookshop, a project that never panned out. But the Tulsa stars aligned when they saw this little space for lease, spawning a new version of their bookstore dreams.