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5 Author Updates (8)

This is the eighth 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 stories | SO v2 stories | SO v3 stories, and follow our Twitter stream.

1) On the occasion of the publication of Ben Greenman's What He's Poised to Do (June 2010) Harper Perennial's Letters With Character project invites you to write a letter to ...

Significant Tweets for Week Ending 2010-05-16

Liz Danzico's "text playlist": http://bit.ly/av23Pu #Science Friday segment on hoarding has some good moments. http://bit.ly/bMkF3L #10 Most harmful novels for aspiring writers: http://bit.ly/bRiFUP # [NOTE: Significant Objects does endorse the views expressed in this link. It's just a link, y'all.]RT @GalleyCat World's Longest Literary Remix Contest – mediabistro.com: GalleyCat http://bit.ly/daSGfN #Lessons from bad writing, assessed by Laura Miller: http://bit.ly/a3A5Rv #An excellent...

5 Author Updates (7)

This is the seventh 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) Philip Graham was interviewed for The Morning News about his object-oriented short story "Light Bulbs" and how it came to be published in The New Yorker. He recently published an essay, "Every Day I Open A Book," at The Millions, about the secret histories behind why one reads books. Speaking of The Millions, they...

The work of Berit Kalmer …

"The capsules were a huge seller ... "

… 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. This sort of understanding of humanity is what has defined most of her work. She's Swedish—from a small town called Kalix up in the far north. When she was 16 she wanted to get some experience overseas and moved to Sandusky, Ohio.

Continued here.

Of course i...

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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 coming out June 15th (Riverhead). It's called How Did You Get This Number.

2) Marisa Silver's new collection of stories, Alone With You, was released in April to great reviews.

3) Adam Davies is in Germany, doing readings in Stuttgart, Munich, Berlin, and elsewhere.

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5 Author Updates (5)

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 available at the lit site Joyland. It is about cosmetics and layoffs and naps.

2) Jason Grote's play 1001 is in production with Just Theater (Berkeley City Center, Berkeley,
CA); it opens May 28, runs thru June. His play Kawaisoo (The Pity of Things) is in...

5 Author Updates (4)

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 scenes on more Significant Objects stuff, of one kind and another; please stay tuned for news about these doings. In the meantime, we'll publish these author updates, among other things — so stick around!

1) New posters are available for Nick...

Significant Tweets for Week Ending 2010-05-09

In a great post on a writing epiphany, @maudnewton reveals what she'll do with an S.O. she bought (before long, we bet) http://bit.ly/aYkIqy #A blog devoted to "only the worst sci-fi/fantasy book covers." http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/ #Laura Miller on gender and the publishing business: http://bit.ly/aNElIX #5 Ways to Spring for @GirlsWriteNow (including the perfect Mother's Day gift!): http://su.pr/2inoWw (via @luxlotus) #something about the way in which this Phillies fan was running around...

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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 on more Significant Objects stuff, of one kind and another; please stay tuned for news about these doings. In the meantime, we'll publish these author updates, among other things — so stick around!

1) Ed Skoog is reading poems from Mister...

SO v3 concluded: nearly $1,750 for Girls Write Now!

Thank you readers, writers, and bidders, for another successful volume of Significant Objects! Our final v3 auction concluded moments ago. Between February 22 and today, we've used 50 stories by our talented contributors to convert a trifling $58.28 worth of thrift-shop bric-a-brac into a whopping $1,748.82, every penny of which will be donated to Girls Write Now.

GWN is a nonprofit that "provides guidance, support, and opportunities for New York City's underserved or at-risk high school...