A tune-bound literary exchange

What passes
between pages

is where minds find each other.

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1939

Books span time

1813
John Steinbeck holding a book, ready to throwJohn Steinbeck just after releasing the book

John SteinbeckThe throw

Jane Austen holding a teacup before the catchJane Austen holding the caught bookJane Austen looking down after releasing the book

Jane AustenThe catch

A book flying from Steinbeck to AustenA teacup and saucer falling after Austen releases themThe book falling from Austen toward Albert Camus

They change hands

One reader
becomes the next

Albert Camus notices the fallen bookAlbert Camus picks up the book in surpriseAlbert Camus accidentally lights the book with his cigaretteAlbert Camus throws the burning book down to the left

Albert CamusThe accident

A stranger finds the page

Ideas
catch fire.

The burning book tumbling down to the left
A child picks up the singed bookThe child polishes soot from the book on his clothesThe child walks to the right carrying the book
The child sits on a bench and reads the recovered book
A girl walks in from the right, passing in front of the boy
The boy and girl sit together, talking, smiling, and reading one book between them

What survives the fire

Finds a new companion.

The held breath

At the end of each month

The story ends.
The conversation begins.

Each month, we read one book and listen for the song hiding between its lines.

01

Read

One book. One month.

02

Pair

Bring a song that belongs beside it.

03

Quote

Choose a line worth carrying.

04

Exchange

Make a case. Change a mind.

05

Pass it on

The winning pairing chooses our next book.

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