Edited by Ander Monson and featuring 45 writers and photographs, Significant Objects 2026 Season One is 240 pages of fiction, essays, poems, and photographs of 45 different objects and the stories associated with them. Printed in full color and perfect bound, this is a beautiful object and a showcase of the ways in which we love and make meaning of, from, and with objects.
The print book, Significant Objects 2026 Season One, is the result of an ongoing literary and publishing experiment in narrative and value. We ask: what value does narrative add to an object? 45 writers each purchased or otherwise acquired objects secondhand for less than $5, wrote about them, and published the stories as auction listings on ebay. The winner of the auction received the object and a limited edition of the story. These 45 stories, poems, and essays explore the hidden lives of objects and their provenances.
This book includes writing by: Alisa Alering, Lofton Allen, Brisa Bejarano, Sarah Blackman, Megan Campbell, Adrienne Celt, Ryan Daniels, Dana Diehl, Mackenzie Dougherty, Paul Ducker, Timothy Dyke, Megan Culhane Galbraith, Yadira Garcia Soto, Mahsel Gatan, Avery Gregurich, Valyntina Grenier, Danielle Hartshorn, Wes Holtermann, Caitlin Horrocks, Reed Karaim, Alexi L, Isabel Lage, Jacquelyn Lo Bianco, Sean Lovelace, Juan Martinez, Andrew Maynard, Porter McDonald, Ted McLoof, Christian Moher, Eliza Moher, Ander Monson, Rodrigo Restrepo Montoya, Matthew Morris, Aidan Murray, David Mutschler, L. C. J. Owen, Lydia Paar, Dorian Rolston, Josh Russell, Katie Jean Shinkle, Margo Steines, Gabi Stone, Layla Todd, Jae Towle Vieira, Natalia Williams, and Sierra Ziemann.
More information on this ongoing literary experiment at https://tucsonessayclub.org/significant-objects-2026/
$30 shipped media mail in the US, full color, 240 pages, 8″ x 8″. All proceeds from this project go to support the Hermitage Cat Shelter in Tucson, Arizona.
