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.
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Two things I'm offering this week:
2/5: Virtual ICE OUT writing workshop (via @buttonpoetry.bsky.social) - buttonpoetry.com/product/button-up-poetry-101
2/7: I'll be at the TC Zine Festival all day, and also facilitating a workshop at 2pm on "zines as narrative interventions" - tczinefest.org
2/5: Virtual ICE OUT writing workshop (via @buttonpoetry.bsky.social) - buttonpoetry.com/product/button-up-poetry-101
2/7: I'll be at the TC Zine Festival all day, and also facilitating a workshop at 2pm on "zines as narrative interventions" - tczinefest.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Two things I'm offering this week:
2/5: Virtual ICE OUT writing workshop (via @buttonpoetry.bsky.social) - buttonpoetry.com/product/button-up-poetry-101
2/7: I'll be at the TC Zine Festival all day, and also facilitating a workshop at 2pm on "zines as narrative interventions" - tczinefest.org
2/5: Virtual ICE OUT writing workshop (via @buttonpoetry.bsky.social) - buttonpoetry.com/product/button-up-poetry-101
2/7: I'll be at the TC Zine Festival all day, and also facilitating a workshop at 2pm on "zines as narrative interventions" - tczinefest.org
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2000 agents are still here. Woke up this morning to horns and whistles down my street -- panic jumped out of bed ready to run outside, but the cars were being pursued. ICE is still kidnapping people, still getting stymied at every turn, still brutalizing observers because they know they're losing.
The headline should be, "DHS to keep 2,000 immigration officers in Minnesota."
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
Homan in Minneapolis: "Effective immediately, we will draw down 700 people effective today."
February 4, 2026 at 4:35 PM
2000 agents are still here. Woke up this morning to horns and whistles down my street -- panic jumped out of bed ready to run outside, but the cars were being pursued. ICE is still kidnapping people, still getting stymied at every turn, still brutalizing observers because they know they're losing.
Thank you to everyone who attended last nights poetry reading to honor Renee Good. And thank you to the poets, Davi Grey, Michael Kleber-Digs, Amy Leanne Johnston, and Sana Wazwaz. We want to do more stuff like this!
February 2, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Thank you to everyone who attended last nights poetry reading to honor Renee Good. And thank you to the poets, Davi Grey, Michael Kleber-Digs, Amy Leanne Johnston, and Sana Wazwaz. We want to do more stuff like this!
if you can, enact a statewide eviction moratorium.
If you can, keep showing up for your community by shopping local and supporting the small businesses that anchor our main streets and enrich the cultural fabric of Minnesota.
February 2, 2026 at 10:36 PM
if you can, enact a statewide eviction moratorium.
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#Booksky Like print books? Us too!
You can get ours direct from us or via our Bookshop storefront or at cool indie bookstores, including DreamHaven Books (in person only for now), Magers & Quinn, @boneshakerbooks.bsky.social, @subtextbookstore.bsky.social and beyond! bookshop.org/lists/queen-...
You can get ours direct from us or via our Bookshop storefront or at cool indie bookstores, including DreamHaven Books (in person only for now), Magers & Quinn, @boneshakerbooks.bsky.social, @subtextbookstore.bsky.social and beyond! bookshop.org/lists/queen-...
Queen of Swords Press Titles
Checkout out this list on Bookshop
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January 31, 2026 at 3:02 PM
#Booksky Like print books? Us too!
You can get ours direct from us or via our Bookshop storefront or at cool indie bookstores, including DreamHaven Books (in person only for now), Magers & Quinn, @boneshakerbooks.bsky.social, @subtextbookstore.bsky.social and beyond! bookshop.org/lists/queen-...
You can get ours direct from us or via our Bookshop storefront or at cool indie bookstores, including DreamHaven Books (in person only for now), Magers & Quinn, @boneshakerbooks.bsky.social, @subtextbookstore.bsky.social and beyond! bookshop.org/lists/queen-...
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Heading over to @subtextbookstore.bsky.social for a special poetry reading. We'll be listening to the works of Renee Nicole Good.
Raw. Meaningful. Packing soft paper tissue just in case.
Raw. Meaningful. Packing soft paper tissue just in case.
February 1, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Heading over to @subtextbookstore.bsky.social for a special poetry reading. We'll be listening to the works of Renee Nicole Good.
Raw. Meaningful. Packing soft paper tissue just in case.
Raw. Meaningful. Packing soft paper tissue just in case.
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Time to dust off some books and refresh my memory for those pretending America wasn't always like this.
January 25, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Time to dust off some books and refresh my memory for those pretending America wasn't always like this.
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My local bookshop understands their audience.
January 22, 2026 at 4:13 PM
My local bookshop understands their audience.
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Every day some story breaks me some. Today it’s the guy who approached parents at a school patrol, told them he was with Indivisible, and asked about how the patrol system works. The parents gave vague answers, followed him back to his car — and of course it was ICE.
January 21, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Every day some story breaks me some. Today it’s the guy who approached parents at a school patrol, told them he was with Indivisible, and asked about how the patrol system works. The parents gave vague answers, followed him back to his car — and of course it was ICE.
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school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
January 20, 2026 at 4:10 PM
school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
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Or maybe you're in more of a St. Paul mood? Check out @subtextbookstore.bsky.social they were also giving out whistles & are planning more community events.
SubText Bookstore
Downtown Saint Paul's Independent Bookstore
www.subtextbooks.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Or maybe you're in more of a St. Paul mood? Check out @subtextbookstore.bsky.social they were also giving out whistles & are planning more community events.
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!