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Significant Tweets for Week Ending 2010-07-18

Study says voluntary-pay schemes way more successful with charity tie-in. Sort of our experience on S.O. Sort of. http://bit.ly/d6iFyn #"Check which famous writer you write like with this statistical analysis tool." http://iwl.me/ #Susanna Daniel (@SusannaDaniel) on "The Quiet Hell of 10 Years of Novel Writing." http://bit.ly/ahl1ge #Our past contributor Shelagh Power-Chopra (@objetpetita) has an impressive new online story: Objects + microfiction: http://gootdings.com/ #Excellent...

Author Updates

1) Gary Panter is painting, working on a new Jimbo comic and, and also working on a new Devin Gary & Ross album.

2) Sung J. Woo's first novel, Everything Asian, comes out in paperback on July 20. The launch will be at the Asian American Writers' Workshop in New York, at 9 pm on July 23.

3) Shelagh Power-Chopra has launched a shop, Goot Dings!, where she uses narration in the item posts.

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Author Updates

1) Several Significant Objects contributors have been nominated for Emmy awards! Colleen Werthmann for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Special (82nd Annual Academy Awards). Dean Haspiel for Outstanding Main Title Design (Bored To Death). And Todd Levin for Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Series (The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien).

2) Meghan O'Rourke had a long review in the July 12 New Yorker of Anne Carson's Nox, which is itself a significant object...

Author Updates

1) There's a new interview with Nicholas Rombes — regarding his "10/40/70″ project at Filmmaker Magazine. Also, his story in two parts — "The Color Spectrum Fiasco" and "PZL Bielsko SZD-40" — appeared recently at Metazen.

2) Sari Wilson is collaborating with Josh Neufeld on a original comic for Oxford American's upcoming FUTURE issue.

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Happy Saint Vladimir's Day!

From your friends at Significant Objects.

Happy Cow Appreciation Day!

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Significant Objects Meme (12)

Andrea Magnani and Giovanni Delvecchio of the Italian design collective Resign claim theirs is a methodology "for all the designers who believe in magic and symbolic value of things."

Via Cool Hunting

Twelfth in an occasional series.

Happy Embrace Your Geekness Day!

From your friends at Significant Objects.

Significant Tweets for Week Ending 2010-07-11

Photo: World's Smallest Book: "Measuring 2.4 x 2.9 mm and presented in a wooden box including a magnifying glass: http://tumblr.com/xr4d721ee #Beware of blurbs – Surprisingly (to me) this Laura Miller column cites evidence that book-buyers rely heavily on blurbs:  http://tumblr.com/xr4d2tm2x #Alleged: "Books were good at developing a contemplative mind. Screens encourage more utilitarian thinking." http://tumblr.com/xr4cy8vtk #Reading on tablet is slower vs. printed book — but more liked...

Author Updates

1) Rick Moody will publish his new novel, The Four Fingers of Death (Little, Brown), on July 28.

2) Margot Livesey says: "I adored David Malouf's new novel, Ransom. Malouf approaches the death of Patroculus, and Achilles' response to that death, from his own unique angle. The result is beautiful, moving and, dare I say, elevating."

3) Naomi Novik's latest novel, Tongues of Serpents, comes out on July 13. She'll be touring around the US from July 13-22.

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