Rob Walker's Blog, page 34
February 24, 2010
Hummingbird Feeder
Object No. 3 of 50 — Significant Objects v3
[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by David Levine, here. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to Girls Write Now.]
"You can enjoy this. I left it outside. I am on a walking tour of the Arctic, a dark figure against a white landscape. But I've got a roomful of color inside me — translucent colored plastic rayguns, marbles of bakelite and amber, hanging by strings from the ceiling, diffusing light through their...
February 23, 2010
Mickey Mouse Patch + Padgett Powell Story
Object No. 2 of 50 — Significant Objects v3
[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by Padgett Powell, here. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to Girls Write Now..]
It is little known that the singer Marcia Ball worked briefly as a teenager at Disney. One day at the close of the shift she was climbing out of her Goofy suit and was frightened to see two albino boys climbing out of their suits. It was Johnny and Edgar Winter. Marcia said something to the effect...
Mickey Mouse Patch
Object No. 2 of 50 — Significant Objects v3
[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by Padgett Powell, here. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to Girls Write Now..]
It is little known that the singer Marcia Ball worked briefly as a teenager at Disney. One day at the close of the shift she was climbing out of her Pluto suit and was frightened to see two albino boys climbing out of their suits. It was Johnny and Edgar Winter. Marcia said something to the effect...
February 22, 2010
Needlepoint Ornaments
Object No. 1 of 50 -- Significant Objects v3
[Bid on this Significant Object, with story by Jennifer Weiner, here. Significant Objects will donate the proceeds of this auction to Girls Write Now.]
We were married for sixteen years. When Christina was in Girl Scouts, she wanted to earn her sewing badge. I don't sew: no time, no interest. Why squint, why prick your fingers, when you can pay the dry cleaner five bucks to hem your pants? Paul learned enough to teach Christina to sew on a button...
Here comes v3!
25 objects, soon to be Significant
Significant Objects v3 gets underway in a matter of hours, and we're really excited. Proceeds from this cycle of 50 stories, objects, and auctions will benefit Girls Write Now, which mentors under-served or at-risk high school girls in New York City and as their site puts it, is "mentoring the next generation of women writers."
Our contributors this time around will include Jennifer Weiner, Padgett Powell, Stacey D'Erasmo, Jim Hanas, Dara Horn, Charles...
February 21, 2010
Gearing up for v3
We'll start publishing Significant Objects v3 stories on Monday, and we're excited about the strong lineup of writers and the Significance they've invented. Usually we don't announce in advance which writer will be published on which day, but there's a reason to make one exception for next week.
On Friday we'll publish a story by Jim Hanas. And in an interesting twist, it will be the culmination of Hanas's own five-story cycle, kicking off tomorrow, as he explains here:
Since I've been...
Significant Tweets for Week Ending 2010-02-21
Hilobrow micro-fiction contest winner
Last month, I announced a micro-fiction contest (about troubled and troubling superhumans) over at Hilobrow.com. The contest began on Jan. 26, 2010 and ended on Feb. 15. We have a winner!
Matthew Battles, Matthew De Abaitua, and I selected Charles Pappas' story from a pool of over 225 entries. Here's the illustration we commissioned, for the winning story, from our talented friend Rick Pinchera:
Intrigued? Read the story! And stay tuned, because Hilobrow.com will be announcing another...
