“Object Whisperer” artist Shana Moulton, performances driven by “thrift store and gift shop finds.” http://bit.ly/bAzOCQ. via @emlegendary # David Shields (one of our v1 contributors) has a really interesting review of Ander Monson’s “Vanishing Point” in NYT http://nyti.ms/cXFNmS # Kate … Continue reading
Over at our sister site, HiLobrow, Patrick Cates has announced a third micro-fiction contest. The theme: TELEPATHY. The deadline for submissions is 9p.m. EST on Sunday, April 25., so act fast! THE GUIDELINES: No more than 250 words. Only one … Continue reading
Last month, I invited Significant Objects readers to contribute to The Ballad of Cocky the Fox, a brilliant novel-in-progress by James Parker (who contributed a Kitty Plate story to SO v1) that Matthew Battles and I were hoping to serialize … Continue reading
[The auction for this object, with story by Christine Hill, has ended. Original price: $1.49. Final price: $126.39. Significant Objects will donate proceeds from this auction to Girls Write Now.] Collecting is in my family. I got the bug early, … Continue reading
I teased this last week — and now it’s here! We’re really excited to announce the latest S.O. team-up, resulting in thoroughly affordable art, and another way to support v3 beneficiary Girls Write Now. The prints you see on this … Continue reading
[The auction for this object, with story by Rebecca Coffey, has ended. Original price: 79 cents. Final price: $15.50. Significant Objects will donate proceeds from this auction to Girls Write Now.] It was all because of what happened the Halloween … Continue reading
A couple of quick news items: * Lydia Millet’s story collection Love in Infant Monkeys was one of two runners-up for this year’s Pulitzer Prize in fiction. Millet contributed excellent stories to both the first and second volumes of Significant … Continue reading
[The auction for this object, with story by Scott Boylston, has ended. Original price: $1.99. Final price: $9.50. Significant Objects will donate proceeds from this auction to Girls Write Now.] It’s not nearly as kinky as it sounds. I mean, … Continue reading
Three pieces of exciting news: 1. Our friends over at Electric Literature dropped a line to let us know they have created “mini-book of our Significant Objects on the iPhone. It’s free content, and the app is free.” How cool … Continue reading
[The auction for this object, with story by Colleen Werthmann, has ended. Original price: $3.00. Final price: $11.50. Significant Objects will donate proceeds from this auction to Girls Write Now.] During the Sacraments, cheat out. That way the whole church … Continue reading
[The auction for this object, with story by John Wray, has ended. Original price: 99 cents. Final price: $20.50. Significant Objects will donate proceeds from this auction to Girls Write Now.] “It’s certainly — well. It’s certainly a something,” Lily … Continue reading
First public reading from an iPad? May be @jimhanas reading a Significant Objects story! http://bit.ly/b02m8z # In a new Slate series, James Sturm is giving up the Web for 4 months. Sturm collaborated with Sig Obj, we dig him! http://slate.me/bdGVe9 … Continue reading
A highlight of the first volume of Significant Objects was our collaboration with cartoonist James Sturm and his students at White River Junction, Vermont’s Center for Cartoon Studies. Rob and I loved the cartoons by Betsey Swardlick, Nomi Kane, and … Continue reading
Chen Karlsson is a Scandinavian-Asian homeware company. This post was on the blog Junkculture yesterday.
[The auction for this object, with story by Jim Shepard, has ended. Original price: donated. Final price: $15.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds from this auction to Girls Write Now. This object was part of a collection curated for … Continue reading
[The auction for this object, with story by Scarlett Thomas, has ended. Original price: donated. Final price: $21.50. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds from this auction to Girls Write Now. This object was part of a collection curated for … Continue reading
We’ve hinted at various cool stuff that we’re up to that’s in the offing and that we can’t quite share details about yet. And now we’re doing it again! But listen: You must have heard about 20×200 by now — … Continue reading
[The auction for this object, with story and collateral materials by Matt Brown, has ended. Original price: donated. Final price: $51.00. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds from this auction to Girls Write Now. This object was part of a … Continue reading
