[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Ben Greenman, has ended. Original price: 33 cents. Final price: $59.50. This is the last of three stories in our Identical Objects series. Proceeds from this auction go to Girls Write … Continue reading
[The auction for this object, with story by Maaza Mengiste, has ended. Original price: 33 cents. Final price: $19.00. This is the second of three stories in our Identical Objects series. Proceeds from this auction go to Girls Write Now.] … Continue reading
If you enjoy Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer’s story about the Greek Ashtray-Plate as much as we do, then you’ll be excited to hear that she has offered to mail a copy of her novel Perfecting to the winning bidder! Perfecting is set … Continue reading
[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Wesley Stace, has ended. Original price: 33 cents. Final price: $52. This is the first of three stories in our Identical Objects series. Proceeds from this auction go to Girls Write … Continue reading
[The bidding on this object, with story by Peter Rock, has ended. Original price: $3.00. Final price: $10.50. Proceeds from this auction go to Girls Write Now.] What Amanda notices most about Mr. Neidorf is not his muddy boots. Not … Continue reading
Readers, we are nearing the end of Significant Objects v3, with proceeds going to Girls Write Now. If you have somehow not yet become the owner of your very own Significant Object, get with the program. Time is running out. … Continue reading
[The bidding on this object, with story by Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, has ended. Original price: 69 cents. Final price: $30. Proceeds from this auction go to Girls Write Now.] The dogs waited outside whenever Hilary came. Well, at first, there was … Continue reading
Hey L.A. readers: We’ve told you all about Los Angeles, I’m Yours, the flea-market-inspired art show that includes a Significant Object. If you visit, please send take some pics and send ’em along! Or add to our S.O. pool. Meanwhile … Continue reading
Our (okay, Rob’s) friend GK Darby needs sponsors for Neighborhood Story Project (NOLA) write a thon. Great cause! http://www.firstgiving.com/gkdarby # Artist Chauney Peck is giving away her work, if you go to the show and “express to her why” you … Continue reading
The wooden animal (above) about which Meg Cabot wrote for us has changed hands, Cabot reports from the LA Times Book Festival. In the process, she says, the object has helped raise a bunch of money for the Heifer Project. … Continue reading
In today’s New York Times Sunday Book Review, the psychiatrist Peter D. Kramer reviews Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things (Houghton Mifflin), by Randy O. Frost and Gail Steketee. His conclusion: To those who need to understand hoarders, … Continue reading
[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Heidi Julavits, has ended. Original price: $1.00. Final price: $102.50. This is part five of a five-story teamup with the literary magazine The Believer. Proceeds from this auction go to Girls … Continue reading
Our friends at Poketo have the details: From April 24th to May 15th, “Los Angeles I’m Yours” transforms Space 15Twenty Gallery into a living art market. Filled with an eclectic mix of found objects, these vintage pieces are given new … Continue reading
[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Trinie Dalton, has ended. Original price: 99 cents. Final price: $9.50. This is part four of a five-story teamup with the literary magazine The Believer. Proceeds from this auction go to … Continue reading
[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Miranda Mellis, has ended. Original price: $2.99. Final price: $22.50. This is part three of a five-story teamup with the literary magazine The Believer. Proceeds from this auction go to Girls … Continue reading
[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Justin Taylor, has ended. Original price: $1.49. Final price: $81. This is part two of a five-story teamup with the literary magazine The Believer. Proceeds from this auction go to Girls … Continue reading
We are delighted to announce our latest collaboration! This week, Significant Objects will publish five stories in collaboration with The Believer, the literary magazine that “puts out a welcome mat for pluralism and wide-eyed curiosity,” as The New York Times … Continue reading
[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Damion Searls, has ended. Original price: $1. Final price: $59. This is part one of a five-story teamup with the literary magazine The Believer. Proceeds from this auction go to Girls … Continue reading
