"Collector extraordinaire Lisa Congdon" on collection-a-day project, which is great. http://etsy.me/8YjRGr # Maud Newton's desk! http://t.co/238nk15 # A renaissance rooted in technology: the literary magazine returns http://t.co/2Aqomtc via @guardian # Via @nprnews: Doodle Your Way Out Of Writer's Block | … Continue reading
IN THIS POST: Mark Doty, Laura Lippman, Kurt Andersen, Kate Bernheimer, John Wray. This is the seventeenth installment in a series of twenty posts announcing — in no particular order — which 100 stories will be collected in the Significant … Continue reading
One of our favorite S.O. buyers sent along these images documenting a rare convergence of Significant Object, author, and new owner. On the left, that’s Stewart O’Nan, whose Duck Tray story was an early highlight of Vol. 1 of this … Continue reading
Earlier this fall, in an interview with Significant Objects’ co-curator Rob Walker, MoMA’s Paola Antonelli called Rob an “object whisperer.” Amused and intrigued by this moniker, Randy Ludacer of Beach Packaging Design and the excellent packaging-criticism blog Box Vox, whipped … Continue reading
IN THIS POST: Tom McCarthy, Nathaniel Rich, Merrill Markoe, Matthew De Abaitua, and Matthew Battles. This is the sixteenth installment in a series of twenty posts announcing — in no particular order — which 100 stories will be collected in … Continue reading
IN THIS UPDATE: Miranda Mellis 1) Miranda Mellis invites one and all to X-REFERENCE, a multimedia launch party to celebrate the launching of ENCyClopEdiA Vol 2 F-K. There will be readings, performances, and collaborations by local vol. 2 contributors: Mary … Continue reading
IN THIS UPDATE: Toni Schlesinger, Ed Park. 1) Today at 6 pm, Toni Schlesinger reads an excerpt of a new book in progress at the The New York Society Library. INFO: Members’ Room, 53 East 79th Street, 212-288-6900 x244. Schlesinger’s … Continue reading
More new titles added to our Book Shop: http://significantobjects.com/bookstore/ # Unusual vintage laboratory photos – Boing Boing http://t.co/oZdgetO [Is Josh's latest VISTA contraption depicted here? Perhaps, perhaps.] # Horribly disfigured porcelain dolls – Boing Boing http://t.co/hqh9Zc9 # Book cover postcards: … Continue reading
IN THIS POST: Heidi Julavits, Gary Panter, William Gibson, Victor Lavalle, Tom Vanderbilt. This is the fifteenth installment in a series of twenty posts announcing — in no particular order — which 100 stories will be collected in the Significant … Continue reading
IN THIS UPDATE: Jason Grote, Rebecca Wolff, Kate Bernheimer. 1) This month, Jason Grote‘s play 1001 will be produced at NYU’s Gallatin School and at Howard Community College in Maryland. *** 2) Rebecca Wolff has a long poem — “The … Continue reading
IN THIS POST: Stephen O’Connor, Colson Whitehead, Shelley Jackson, Scarlett Thomas, Nicholson Baker. This is the fourteenth installment in a series of twenty posts announcing — in no particular order — which 100 stories will be collected in the Significant … Continue reading
RT @YoungAmerican S.O. contributor Todd Levin on Jordan, Jesse, Go http://bit.ly/aSEVSe # Via @nprnews: Sci-Fi’s Cory Doctorow Separates Self-Publishing Fact From Fiction | http://t.co/zy84Q3t # Stuff found in used books, collected and blogged: http://www.forgottenbookmarks.com/ # 50 most hated characters in … Continue reading
… from your friends at Significant Objects. PS: Speaking of Halloween, over at HiLobrow today, S.O.s Joshua Glenn reveals the secret of Boo Berry’s weird new skin flap.
IN THIS UPDATE: Ben Ehrenreich, Gabriel Levinson. 1) Ben Ehrenreich has an essay on the violence in Mexico in the October 14 issue of the London Review of Books [subscribers only], a long article about death in the November issue … Continue reading
Portland, OR-based eBay seller “kamoh” recently listed a travel alarm clock, and also a leaf-shaped stapler (with ladybug), for auction. The stapler’s item description contains a note from an Elf whose forest was laid off; also included in the item … Continue reading
IN THIS POST: Matt Klam, Benjamin Percy, Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, Josh Kramer, Annie Nocenti. This is the thirteenth installment in a series of twenty posts announcing — in no particular order — which 100 stories will be collected in the Significant … Continue reading
IN THIS UPDATE: Matthew Sharpe, Sari Wilson. 1) Matthew Sharpe continues to tour in support of his new novel, You Were Wrong. Monday, October 25, 7:00 pm. Reading at Book People 603 N. Lamar, Austin, TX 78703 Tuesday, November 9, … Continue reading
Lamps that look like books: http://tumblr.com/xr4mlh5pg # Only a few hours left to back Hypothetical Development project on Kickstarter… http://kck.st/dqyDpC # T-shirts of vintage book covers – Boing Boing http://t.co/JdjqrVO via @boingboing # Chris Wright's paintings of commonplace objects that … Continue reading
