http://significantobjects.com/2009/11/02/jar-of-marbles/ ...and how they got that way Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:51:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://significantobjects.com/2009/11/02/jar-of-marbles/comment-page-1/#comment-16731 Author Updates | Significant Objects Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:03:40 +0000 http://significantobjects.com/?p=1949#comment-16731 [...] Ben Ehrenreich has an essay on the violence in Mexico in the October 14 issue of the London Review of Books [...] [...] Ben Ehrenreich has an essay on the violence in Mexico in the October 14 issue of the London Review of Books [...]

]]> http://significantobjects.com/2009/11/02/jar-of-marbles/comment-page-1/#comment-10614 Joshua Glenn Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:26:44 +0000 http://significantobjects.com/?p=1949#comment-10614 I read THE SUITORS this summer — excellent stuff. I read THE SUITORS this summer — excellent stuff.

]]> http://significantobjects.com/2009/11/02/jar-of-marbles/comment-page-1/#comment-1038 Randy Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:19:18 +0000 http://significantobjects.com/?p=1949#comment-1038 I like this one a lot... I like how the "baby" endearments tie into the baby food jar. (To say nothing of the scary way in which these "lost" marbles are obtained!) I like this one a lot… I like how the “baby” endearments tie into the baby food jar. (To say nothing of the scary way in which these “lost” marbles are obtained!)

]]> http://significantobjects.com/2009/11/02/jar-of-marbles/comment-page-1/#comment-1033 MonkeyGurl Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:21:39 +0000 http://significantobjects.com/?p=1949#comment-1033 Although there have been quite a few stories that I absolutely adore, this has got to be the best story yet. I can't stop thinking about it; it hooked me on so many levels, and I'm not one of those high-brow literary folks -- I just love a good story. And this is a great one. Although there have been quite a few stories that I absolutely adore, this has got to be the best story yet. I can’t stop thinking about it; it hooked me on so many levels, and I’m not one of those high-brow literary folks — I just love a good story. And this is a great one.

]]> http://significantobjects.com/2009/11/02/jar-of-marbles/comment-page-1/#comment-1032 Dan Whittet Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:54:01 +0000 http://significantobjects.com/?p=1949#comment-1032 Great object, so many memories of marbles that now I live on Agate ave and think of giant aggies that were worth more....if I could just pluck all those marbles from your brain, and roll them in a mixing bowl. Great object, so many memories of marbles that now I live on Agate ave and think of giant aggies that were worth more….if I could just pluck all those marbles from your brain, and roll them in a mixing bowl.

]]> http://significantobjects.com/2009/11/02/jar-of-marbles/comment-page-1/#comment-1028 Rob Walker Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:17:00 +0000 http://significantobjects.com/?p=1949#comment-1028 We're counting down, last 10 stories of the project! Even though we're still publishing stories like this that instantly join my all-time-favorites list. We’re counting down, last 10 stories of the project! Even though we’re still publishing stories like this that instantly join my all-time-favorites list.

]]> http://significantobjects.com/2009/11/02/jar-of-marbles/comment-page-1/#comment-1025 Josh Glenn Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:02:00 +0000 http://significantobjects.com/?p=1949#comment-1025 Our 90th story, and it's a doozy. Our 90th story, and it’s a doozy.

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