Thanks everybody for reading the stories and bidding on the objects and helping spread the word on our Epistolary Week series, guest-curated by Ben Greenman. In five short days we converted $3.50 worth of thrift-store flotsam into a sweet $229 donation to the good people of One Story. Be sure to check out Ben’s book, What [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 18, 2010
[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Joe Meno, has ended. Original price: 50 cents. Final price: $48.50. This is part of a series of five epistolary stories guest-curated by Ben Greenman. Proceeds from this auction will go to One Story.] (A note found in grandfather’s chest of drawers.) Dear Small Vessel, “The Brief [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 17, 2010
[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Scott Snyder, has ended. Original price: $0 (found object). Final price: $80. This is part of a series of five epistolary stories guest-curated by Ben Greenman. Proceeds from this auction will go to One Story.] Dear Emma, I’ve left you this tiny wrecking ball because it’s [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 16, 2010
[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by Terese Svoboda, has ended. Original price: $1. Final price: $42. This is part of a series of five epistolary stories guest-curated by Ben Greenman. Proceeds from this auction will go to One Story.] Dear Wicked One: As in “wick,” your sat-upon heart suggests so much to [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 15, 2010
[The auction for this Significant Object, with story by James Hannaham, has ended. Original price: $2. Final price: $28.50. This is part of a series of five epistolary stories guest-curated by Ben Greenman. Proceeds from this auction will go to One Story.] June 6, 2010 Mr. R.S. Pennyback Shady Acres Estate Houndsville, AL 35808 Dear Mr. Pennyback: It has recently come [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 14, 2010
[The auction for his Significant Object, with story by Irina Reyn, has ended. Original price: $0 (found/donated object). Final price: $30. This is part of a series of five epistolary stories guest-curated by Ben Greenman. Proceeds from this auction will go to One Story.] To: You From: Saskia (the Monkey) Subject: Help Visitor From Future – [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 14, 2010
Dear Significant Objects Readers and Prospective Significant Objects Buyers, My new book of stories, What He’s Poised To Do (Harper Perennial, June 20), is about letters and letter-writing. In the stories, people use letters to embrace other people, or to keep them at arm’s length, or to express reality, or to evade it. Letters are highly [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 10, 2010
Readers, you’ve waited patiently for new Significant Objects and stories, while we squared away some of the preliminary details on our forthcoming book, and labored to complete a few of the various unrelated tasks that enable us to pay our bills. We appreciate that patience, and we have Good news! We have a special week of [...]
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Friday, June 25, 2010
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