Suspend Your Disbelief

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A Public Service Annoucement About Book Suicide


So we know how books are born, how they fall in love, and what they’re up to after the bookstore closes for the night. But did you know that books sometimes think about ending it all?

It’s sad but true. What drives them to despair? This display I spotted in Porter Square Books has the answer:

Book suicide

The Origami Poems project suggests a poem as a cure—but perhaps you’d better add a short story too, just to be on the safe side?


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