Taking Things Seriously: 75 Objects with Unexpected Significance

Taking Things Seriously: 75 Objects with Unexpected Significance
by Joshua Glenn, Carol Hayes

Taking Things Seriously: 75 Objects with Unexpected Significance
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Author: Carol Hayes, Joshua Glenn
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-08-23
ISBN: 1568986904
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

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Book Review: An Intriguing compilation of stories about Stuff.
Summary: 4 Stars

Most readers will wish, as I did, that THEY had thought to compile and edit a book like this. Or at least that they had been called upon to contribute an essay to this collection of photos and stories about objects of particular and unexpected significance to the individuals. Intriguing stuff. Most of us have equally fascinating and quirky objects we've trucked around for years or even decades. I will share the book with friends who dabble in writing. We should have fun identifying our own special objects and using the concept of analyzing their importance as both a writing exercise and a way to share our idiosyncrasies. (Why DO I cling to that brass drain cover from the urinal at an abandoned mine?)

Summary of Taking Things Seriously: 75 Objects with Unexpected Significance

'Taking Things Seriously' is a wonder cabinet of seventy-five unlikely thingamajigs that have been invested with significance and transformed into totems, talismans, charms, relics, and fetishes: scraps of movie posters scavenged from the streets of New York by Low Life author Luc Sante; the World War I helmet that inoculated social critic Thomas Frank against jingoism; the trash-picked, robot-shaped hairdo machine described by its owner as a chick magnet; the bagel burned by actor Christopher Walken while?moonlighting as a short-order cook. The owners of these objects convey their excitement in short, often poignant essays that? invite readers to participate in the enjoyable act of interpreting things.

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