… is examined by Matt Brown on Core77: Berit Kalmar is one of a kind. One of those people that will be part of a shuttle launch on Monday and eating hot dogs with hobos on the tracks on Saturday. … Continue reading
This is the sixth in an occasional series of updates about our nearly 200 Significant Objects authors… You can also find out what they’re doing by following our Twitter feed. 1) Sloane Crosley has a second book of all-new essays … Continue reading
This is the fifth in an occasional series of updates about our nearly 200 Significant Objects authors… You can also find out what they’re doing by following our Twitter feed. 1) Jim Hanas‘ most recent short story, “Pangaea,” is currently … Continue reading
This past Friday, we wrapped up our third volume of stories: Damion Searls, Heidi Julavits, Jenny Offill, Jim Shepard, Scarlett Thomas and 45 other talented writers helped us raise over $1,750.00 for Girls Write Now. We’re working furiously behind the … Continue reading
On Friday, we wrapped up our third volume of stories: Damion Searls, Heidi Julavits, Jenny Offill, Jim Shepard, Scarlett Thomas and 45 other talented writers helped us raise over $1,750.00 for Girls Write Now. We’re working furiously behind the scenes … Continue reading
TWO OBJECTS REMAINING IN VOLUME 3 — BID NOW! 1) Teddy Wayne‘s novel, Kapitoil, came out a few weeks ago from Harper Perennial. Having returned home from a three-city tour, he will do readings on May 20 at Greenlight Bookstore … Continue reading
TWO OBJECTS LEFT IN VOLUME 3 — BID NOW! 1) Colleen Werthmann‘s latest writing can be seen on stevemartin.com. 2) Ben Katchor wrote the words — and drew the drawings — for “A Checkroom Romance,” a musical tragicomedy in which … 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
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
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
I recently mentioned a micro-fiction contest over at my other website, HiLobrow. Significant Objects readers are welcome to enter; deadline is the 31st. I also wanted to note that HiLobrow is hoping to serialize, and then print a funny, tragic, … Continue reading
Have you been reading Jim Hanas’ series, Why They Cried? You should! And not just because it culminates tomorrow with a story right here on Significant Objects. Since Monday, he’s been posting stories in this five-story cycle on Fictionaut; it’s … Continue reading
We always love it when our buyers send us pictures of their Significant Objects in their new homes, or add such pictures to our Owners’ Flickr Pool. Here’s a recent, and distinctly awesome, example: Jeannie and Trifin Roule have acquired … Continue reading
Significant Objects published a three-part series of cartoon stories in collaboration with The Center for Cartoon Studies. Today, instead of publishing a new Significant Objects story, we’re going to post three runners-up. (Note that only the three finalists were colored; … Continue reading
Significant Objects published a three-part series of cartoon stories in collaboration with The Center for Cartoon Studies. Today, instead of publishing a new Significant Objects story, we’re going to post three runners-up. (Note that only the three finalists were colored; … Continue reading
Significant Objects published a three-part series of cartoon stories in collaboration with The Center for Cartoon Studies. Today, instead of publishing a new Significant Objects story, we’re going to post three runners-up. (Note that only the three finalists were colored; … Continue reading
