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Members of the Browning Literary Club meet in a home in Atlantic. The club has been operating continuously since 1899.
Josie Fischels
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Iowa Public Radio
In an era when many book clubs fizzle out within a few years, the Browning Literary Club, Ingleside Study Club and Serendipity Book Club are among those quietly defying the odds — by decades.

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