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  • CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE – The Best American Short Stories (2025)

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    March is both Short Stories Month and Women's History Month, so for the month's contemporary lit choice, we went with a short stories collection edited and curated by one of […]

  • CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE – Good People

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    In honor of Arab-American Heritage Month, we have chosen to read the extraordinary debut novel from Patmeena Sabit who was born in Kabul and grew up in Virginia. The book […]

  • Cover image of Call Us What We Carry: Poems

    CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE – Call Us What We Carry

    The 250th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence invites us to reflect on what it means to be American—not just where we've been, but where we're going. […]

  • CONTEMPORARY LIT – Yesteryear

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    Join the Story Line Books Book Club as we discuss Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke. When Natalie is invited to join Yesteryear, an idyllic online community devoted to embracing the […]

  • CONTEMPORARY LIT – Cool Machine

    Story Line Books 214 Fourth Street E Suite 160, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    Join the Story Line Books Contemporary Literature Book Club as we discuss Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead, the final installment in his acclaimed Harlem Trilogy (don't worry, the books all stand on their own, you don't need to have read the first two!) It’s the 1980s, and New York City is changing fast. Ray Carney—furniture […]