At the Guardian‘s books blog, Alix Rayner runs Significant Objects through Kantian Critique of Judgment filter before deciding that what we’re doing is perfectly OK. Excerpt: Ad man turned novelist F Scott Fitzgerald declaimed advertising as having contributed “exactly minus … Continue reading
Fox News Attacks Chicago Libraries – “They eat up millions of your hard earned tax dollars. It’s money that… http://tumblr.com/xr4clu1h4 # “Reading appears passive because it takes place in a chair, on a bed, at the beach, in the tub, … Continue reading
1) Dean Haspiel‘s latest comic, The Angel, is currently featured in South Brooklyn’s OVERFLOW magazine. You can also see it online at ACT-I-VATE. 2) Matthew Sharpe will be reading in New York with Arthur Nersesian on July 8 & 9 … Continue reading
Silent March from Ciné Institute on Vimeo. 1) Annie Nocenti spent four months in Haiti, just after the 2010 earthquake, producing films, reportage, short docs, and a feature documentary — with her students at the Cine Institute in Jacmel. She … Continue reading
1) Doug Dorst‘s short story collection, The Surf Guru, is coming out on July 15 (Riverhead). It’s the July selection for The Rumpus Book Club, brainchild of SO contributor Stephen Elliott. Dorst will be doing some West Coast readings in … Continue reading
Comprehensive takedown of latest “Fiction is Dead” argument: http://bit.ly/aCbNqi # Laura Miller on the slush-pile reading future. http://bit.ly/bZtPQe # Pictures of Stuff, on the MKTG Tumblr: http://murketing.tumblr.com/tagged/Pictures_of_Stuff # Nice writeup about S.O. on Shareable.net. http://bit.ly/aFciSV # Powered by Twitter Tools
Down to the last two items from our Epistolary Week special series, guest curated by Ben Greenman. Bid here. And check out the other project related to Ben’s What He’s Poised To Do: It’s called Letters With Character, and aims … Continue reading
Techdirt, which has long been one of the most insightful observers of Significant Objects, offers up the first analysis we’ve seen of how our forthcoming book adds to this project’s consideration of narrative , things, and value: [The original experiment] … Continue reading
Hey readers in New York City: Tonight, Ben Greenman, guest curator of our special Epistolary Week, has a special event tonight in connection with his just-released book, What He’s Poised To Do. The New Yorker explains: He’ll be joined by … Continue reading
“Fictopedia is an online encyclopedia of user-generated, fictional information.” http://bit.ly/a3ctMd # Nice entry about our One Story (@onestorymag) benefit/team up on their blog: http://bit.ly/9efZMq # Stereotyping people by their favorite author: http://bit.ly/a2lv03 # Significant Objects, Antiques Roadshow: “There is a … Continue reading
This is the 12th in an occasional series of updates about our project’s 200-ish participating authors. 1) William Gibson‘s story (“‘Hawk’ Ashtray”) for Significant Objects was named one of the “Wigleaf Top 50.” 2) On June 12, Brooklyn gallery Proteus … Continue reading
Transport III with Underwater New York, June 12: artwork inspired by the city’s underwater landscape, more. http://bit.ly/bBgIZK # This is not quite as exciting as a book announcement, but we're No. 29 on Trendhunter's list of 33 Awesome Auctions. http://bit.ly/dsFnJV … Continue reading
This is the 11th in an occasional series of updates about our project’s nearly 200 (and counting) participating authors. BUT FIRST, SOME NEWS ABOUT SIGNIFICANT OBJECTS: * Earlier this week, we announced the details of the forthcoming Significant Objects book, … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
SEATTLE, WA — Since its debut, Significant Objects, the bold online inquiry into the relationship between narrative and the value of everyday objects, has been the subject of speculation by everyone from NPR to litbloggers to The New York Times’ … Continue reading
Wieden & Kennedy retail concept, "as inspired by Significant Objects." http://bit.ly/9bP9Z1 # "An infinite good (the story) being used to make a scarce good (the trinket) much more valuable." Useful summary. http://bit.ly/c8SGhT # The joy of outdated facts: http://nyti.ms/dp8FyL # … Continue reading
This is the 10th in an occasional series of updates about our nearly 200 Significant Objects authors. We’re publishing these while we work on various Significant Objects-related projects about which you’ll hear more soon. In the meantime, read SO v1 … Continue reading
