Latest from the Department of Objects

Object: Joey Lawrence’s Flannel

Sam Shelstad

Mar 27 2025

FEATURES Ties around the waistPopular with girlsDoubles as a superhero cape for your genitals In 1993, a music video played at the end of an episode of a sitcom I liked, ...

Object: Glass Tile

Benjamin R. Cohen

Apr 3 2024

FEATURES: MulticoloredPurchased at the art store in townHealing I live in a mansion. It has a black-and-white tiled kitchen floor. When I moved in, some tiles had ...

Object: Green Wooden Mask

Diane Williams

Jul 26 2023

FEATURES: Chin-strap beardMustacheScalloped hairline Somebody, who?—saw fit to make this mustachioed, green-painted, wooden mask, with a black scalloped hairline, ...

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