Subtext Bookstore
@subtextbookstore.bsky.social
Downtown Saint Paul's Independent Bookstore — 6th West Fifth Street. We sell new and used fiction, with smiles on the side. | Open 10-7 Monday to Saturday and 12-5 Sunday. Visit www.subtextbooks.com to view and purchase our inventory.
We are working on some events to strengthen community. Hopefully a poetry reading and zine folding event will be on the schedule for February. Keep your eyes out. Stay safe.
January 17, 2026 at 12:43 AM
We are working on some events to strengthen community. Hopefully a poetry reading and zine folding event will be on the schedule for February. Keep your eyes out. Stay safe.
We have whistles. We have some stickers and small posters made by a local artist. We have buttons with CAIR and MONARCA hotline numbers.
January 17, 2026 at 12:41 AM
We have whistles. We have some stickers and small posters made by a local artist. We have buttons with CAIR and MONARCA hotline numbers.
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After lying about this baby they gassed and almost killed in their own neighborhood, DHS deleted their post
After lying about this baby they gassed and almost killed in their own neighborhood, DHS deleted their post
January 16, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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After lying about this baby they gassed and almost killed in their own neighborhood, DHS deleted their post
After lying about this baby they gassed and almost killed in their own neighborhood, DHS deleted their post
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DHS employees entered our store this afternoon and served us a Notice of Inspection, demanding copies of I9 forms for each employee.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
January 17, 2026 at 12:23 AM
DHS employees entered our store this afternoon and served us a Notice of Inspection, demanding copies of I9 forms for each employee.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
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somehow this was the best picture from the night! ~30 folks in the room - not a bad turnout for a Tuesday during an occupation. Thanks for all who came to The University Club in St. Paul to hear me and Kawai Strong Washburn talk about Tigers Between Empires, hosted by @subtextbookstore.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 3:01 PM
somehow this was the best picture from the night! ~30 folks in the room - not a bad turnout for a Tuesday during an occupation. Thanks for all who came to The University Club in St. Paul to hear me and Kawai Strong Washburn talk about Tigers Between Empires, hosted by @subtextbookstore.bsky.social
Author event tomorrow night! @jonathanslaght.com in conversation with Kawai Strong Washburn (author of Sharks in the Time of Saviors) about Slaghts latest book, Tigers Between Empires.
January 12, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Author event tomorrow night! @jonathanslaght.com in conversation with Kawai Strong Washburn (author of Sharks in the Time of Saviors) about Slaghts latest book, Tigers Between Empires.
Event tomorrow night! Writer @alleneskens.bsky.social will be discussing his latest (his TENTH novel), The Quiet Librarian.
January 11, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Event tomorrow night! Writer @alleneskens.bsky.social will be discussing his latest (his TENTH novel), The Quiet Librarian.
Our New Year's party is tomorrow night! Come through 🥳
January 9, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Our New Year's party is tomorrow night! Come through 🥳
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This is the agent that murdered the woman in Minneapolis on 1/7/2026.
January 7, 2026 at 6:34 PM
This is the agent that murdered the woman in Minneapolis on 1/7/2026.
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Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.
January 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.
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Reading is a superpower. It builds amazing skills like critical thinking, empathy, and knowledge.
Here's to not only more reading in 2026, but using our superpower to create a better world 💗
Here's to not only more reading in 2026, but using our superpower to create a better world 💗
January 5, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Reading is a superpower. It builds amazing skills like critical thinking, empathy, and knowledge.
Here's to not only more reading in 2026, but using our superpower to create a better world 💗
Here's to not only more reading in 2026, but using our superpower to create a better world 💗
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Twin Cities Book People: I will be in discussion with author Kawai Strong Washburn next Tues (Jan 13) at The University Club, talking TIGERS, hosted by @subtextbookstore.bsky.social! Free! Join if you can and please share!
January 5, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Twin Cities Book People: I will be in discussion with author Kawai Strong Washburn next Tues (Jan 13) at The University Club, talking TIGERS, hosted by @subtextbookstore.bsky.social! Free! Join if you can and please share!
Every so often, a bookseller comes to Subtext and points out that I'm using Bookmanger! I smile and nod. All the while, I wonder if it's appropriate or not to ask them for help on just this one thing that I think I messed up an hour ago.
January 3, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Every so often, a bookseller comes to Subtext and points out that I'm using Bookmanger! I smile and nod. All the while, I wonder if it's appropriate or not to ask them for help on just this one thing that I think I messed up an hour ago.
when Customer (Bernie) gets the last Hamnet copy and I (Eric Adams) must order another 4 copies.
It’s too late, I have already portrayed myself as Chortling Bernie and you as Seething Eric Adams
January 2, 2026 at 9:01 PM
when Customer (Bernie) gets the last Hamnet copy and I (Eric Adams) must order another 4 copies.
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It’s too late, I have already portrayed myself as Chortling Bernie and you as Seething Eric Adams
January 2, 2026 at 2:03 AM
It’s too late, I have already portrayed myself as Chortling Bernie and you as Seething Eric Adams
Improve your image... Be seen at Subtext Books.
December 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Improve your image... Be seen at Subtext Books.
We recently partnered up with the University Club of St Paul. This Winter will be packed with author events, all free! Check them out:
SubText Bookstore
Downtown Saint Paul's Independent Bookstore
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December 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
We recently partnered up with the University Club of St Paul. This Winter will be packed with author events, all free! Check them out:
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Gotta say, as a survivor, I’m not super loving this thing where the Department of Justice is running a cover-up of evidence the President sexually abused minors.
December 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Gotta say, as a survivor, I’m not super loving this thing where the Department of Justice is running a cover-up of evidence the President sexually abused minors.
Friends of Subtext, we hope you have a great holiday. These are our hours for the major holidays. You are invited to cuddle up with a book ☃️🧣Stay warm!
December 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Friends of Subtext, we hope you have a great holiday. These are our hours for the major holidays. You are invited to cuddle up with a book ☃️🧣Stay warm!
The holidays are RAPIDLY approaching. Have no fear!
We do gift wrapping at Subtext. Recyclable paper! Ask your cashier, and they will get the job done for ya💪 💝
We do gift wrapping at Subtext. Recyclable paper! Ask your cashier, and they will get the job done for ya💪 💝
December 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The holidays are RAPIDLY approaching. Have no fear!
We do gift wrapping at Subtext. Recyclable paper! Ask your cashier, and they will get the job done for ya💪 💝
We do gift wrapping at Subtext. Recyclable paper! Ask your cashier, and they will get the job done for ya💪 💝
New release in-store today! A great gift for the most literary person in your life.
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The Making of Americans by Gertrude Stein | SubText Bookstore
Gertrude Stein’s monumental novel, back in print a century after its first publication.In The Making of Americans, Gertrude Stein sets out to tell "a history of a family's progress," radically reworki...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
New release in-store today! A great gift for the most literary person in your life.
subtextbooks.com/item/62urkjw...
subtextbooks.com/item/62urkjw...
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We have ordered several books that have upcoming/recent movie adaptations! Wuthering Heights, Hamnet, The Chronology of Water, Sunrise on the Reaping, and Incidents Around The House to name a few. You really have to decide for yourself if the book is better than the movie.
December 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We have ordered several books that have upcoming/recent movie adaptations! Wuthering Heights, Hamnet, The Chronology of Water, Sunrise on the Reaping, and Incidents Around The House to name a few. You really have to decide for yourself if the book is better than the movie.
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Twin Cities Book People! I'll be in conversation with Kawai Strong Washburn (author of Sharks in the Time of Saviors) about TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES on Tuesday, Jan 13, hosted by @subtextbookstore.bsky.social in St. Paul. Free! Hope to see you there! More details: subtextbooks.com/events/49022
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Twin Cities Book People! I'll be in conversation with Kawai Strong Washburn (author of Sharks in the Time of Saviors) about TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES on Tuesday, Jan 13, hosted by @subtextbookstore.bsky.social in St. Paul. Free! Hope to see you there! More details: subtextbooks.com/events/49022
New events schedule just dropped! We have some lovely authors sharing their work with this holiday season. Stone, Guilfoyle, Sanders, Hakensen, and Engstorm are LOCAL/MINNESOTAN AUTHORS🥳 . Mark your calendars, we hope to see you there.
Learn more: subtextbooks.com/events
Learn more: subtextbooks.com/events
November 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
New events schedule just dropped! We have some lovely authors sharing their work with this holiday season. Stone, Guilfoyle, Sanders, Hakensen, and Engstorm are LOCAL/MINNESOTAN AUTHORS🥳 . Mark your calendars, we hope to see you there.
Learn more: subtextbooks.com/events
Learn more: subtextbooks.com/events