Rob Walker's Blog, page 30
March 18, 2010
Miniature Pitchfork + Stacey D'Erasmo story
Object No. 19 of 50 — Significant Objects v3
[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by Stacey D'Erasmo, here. Proceeds from this auction go to Girls Write Now.]
In the sugar house, near the celluloid sea, we tend to wake up early. You are — you design small, lovely, useful things in a room at the top of the sugar house. I am — I am doing research for a massive biography of three kings: the grandfather king (the First), the son king (the Second) and the last king (the Third). This research ...
Miniature Pitchfork
Object No. 19 of 50 — Significant Objects v3
[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by Stacey D'Erasmo, here. Proceeds from this auction go to Girls Write Now.]
In the sugar house, near the celluloid sea, we tend to wake up early. You are — you design small, lovely, useful things in a room at the top of the sugar house. I am — I am doing research for a massive biography of three kings: the grandfather king (the First), the son king (the Second) and the last king (the Third). This research ...
March 17, 2010
Cooking Fork + Dan Chaon story
Object No. 18 of 50 — Significant Objects v3
[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by Dan Chaon, here. Proceeds from this auction go to Girls Write Now.]
When you are a widower, you're supposed to move your wedding band from the left ring finger to the right. This is etiquette, or something. An old tradition.
When I removed the ring, about a year after she died, there was a crease in the flesh below my knuckle, a little belt that didn't go away, though I massaged it and rubbed it with...
March 16, 2010
Copper Dishes + Dan Piepenbring story
No. 17 of 50
[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by Dan Piepenbring, here. Proceeds from this auction go to Girls Write Now.]
— Step right up ladies and germs I said step right up fer yer chance to glance the World Famous All-Around Renowned Crowd-Pleasing Brain-Teasing Mind-Reading Dishware of Decatur! The Twenty-Seventh Wonder of the World folks a bargain at just twenty-five cents a view just twenty-five cents!
— Jeepers all the way from Decatur to Houston golly! Hey mister whudda...
March 15, 2010
Dome Doll + Kirsten Miller story
No. 16 of 50 -- Significant Objects v3
[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by Kirsten Miller, here. Proceeds from this auction go to Girls Write Now.]
This dome doll was purchased three years ago for $1.07 (including tax) at a Dollar Store in the Chattahoochee Shopping Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. It was originally part of a pair. On the bottom of the package (now discarded) I found a sticker with the message : "IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, BREAK GLASS."
The dolls also came with the...
Dome Doll + Kirsten Miller Story
No. 16 of 50 -- Significant Objects v3
[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by Kirsten Miller, here. Proceeds from this auction go to Girls Write Now.]
This dome doll was purchased three years ago for $1.07 (including tax) at a Dollar Store in the Chattahoochee Shopping Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. It was originally part of a pair. On the bottom of the package (now discarded) I found a sticker with the message : "IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, BREAK GLASS."
The dolls also came with the...
Shout-out from Girls Write Now
This nice note appears in the current Girls Write Now newsletter:
March 14, 2010
The Kasper Hauser Four-Part Story, all in one place
A request came in to make this available in one easy-to-access post/link. Here it is. This is our unprecedented four-part, four-object, four-auction story. This is an incredibly difficult task to pull off, but we got the four members of Kasper Hauser to assemble what we think is a really wonderful extended piece.
Pencil Case + Rob Baedeker Story starts things off, and if you read that you'll discover there are links at the bottom of each installment that will lead you to the next. Part two is ...
Significant Tweets for Week Ending 2010-03-14
March 13, 2010
Experimental fictions of the Web: Your thoughts?
Dear discriminating readers:
What are your thoughts about these attempts to tell fictional stories via unusual online means:
1. Sumedicina: "Data fiction project. Story telling with information graphics." (Via Listenerd.)
2. Mr. Plimpton's Revenge: "A Google Maps Essay, in Which George Plimpton Delivers My Belated and Well-Deserved Comeuppance." (Actually, as the title indicates, a literary essay. Also via Listenerd.)
3. Dreaming Methods: "A fusion of writing and new media exploring imaginary...
