Spinal tap


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  • Gather a selection of books with text on the spines.
  • Arrange the books to create verse from the spine text.
  • Experiment with different combinations until you find something you like.
  • Theme this idea by choosing books from a single author, a specific country, a cultural group, about a specific topic, etc.
  • You can also, along with writing the text down, take and share photographs of the stacked books so others can enjoy them.


Here's one from my comfy chair-side TBR pile, of which I have frustratingly lost the image:

Invisible cities
A million miles away
Voices from the Hudson Bay
What we salvage
100 scenes


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