Storied Stuff: Volume 2
Storied Stuff: Volume 2
A tea cup. A fly rod. A Bronze Star. Tickets to Woodstock. Elmo. A baby book. A conductor's baton. Family recipes. A guitar. An Oosik (a what?).
What do such a wide array of objects have in common? They are the stuff of which memories are made—and kept—and emotions revealed. And, along with some 100 other cherished keepsakes from childhood and beyond, they are the subjects of the brief essays and photos of Storied Stuff: Volume 2.
As with Storied Stuff: Volume 1, the pieces in Volume 2 originally appeared on the storied-stuff.com website created by Steve and Sharon Fiffer, which publishes new pieces weekly and is now in its sixth year.
"What's in the attic? In the bottom of your sock drawer? Stories and memories, as it turns out. Storied Stuff is a magical book that transports us through time and space, reminding us of the objects and the people who shaped our lives.” —Jonathan Eig, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for King: A Life.
Contributors in Order of Appearance
Jim Reardon | Dr. C. T. Vivian | Evelyn Shapiro | Pamela Wilsey | Margaret Lough | Rob Weinstein | Nell Minow | Hilary Ward Schnadt | Marney Solomon | Jim Tauber | Christine Wolf | Loree Sandler | Dr. Aubrey Milunsky | Susan Phillips | Margaret Swanson | Robert Wallace | Julie Stark | Victoria Reeves | Rachel Seidman | Larry Yellen | Jay Walley | Danny Rosin | Mark Smith | Margie Schaps | Bill Solomon | Frederick J. Nachman | Marcia V. Lyles | Susan Stone | Lisa Miller Sablosky | Susan MacNeil | Holly Sider Smith | Robert Tomes | David Rich | Ellen O’Keefe | M. Nickell | Howard Rossman | Maureen McNair | Kathleen Shimeta | Keith Scott | Jerry Petraglia | Charles Salzberg | Christy Williams | Kendra Morrill | Josh Pachter | Fredricka R. Maister | Jim Siergey | Alan Steinberg | Bev Rossman | Samantha Nyland | Terence Winkless | Esther Yin-Ling Spodek | Whitney Otto | Sarah Mirkin | Hilary (aka Pinky) Rose | Sandra Morris | Karen Newman Midgarden | Kris Schmidt | Vicki Saxon | Tina Marisa Rocchio | Angela Patten | Ruth Nuesch | Deena Epstein | Lynn Shapiro | Jim Rosenau | Robert Weinberg | Wayne Lysobey | Susan Joy Share | Mickey Pierce Silverstein | Esther Weiss | Carol J. Lysne | Joseph M. Madda | Allen Saxon | Joyce Zeiss | Jane Sutton | Lisa Ann Williams | Marcia J. Pradzinski | Alan Rosen | Sue Thornquist | Michael Swartz | Paul Watkins | Barbara Wolf Terao | John Lynch | Katy Okrent | Larry Sablosky | Peggy Wolff | Michael Pickard | Jennifer Dann-Phillips | Gary Schoichet | Bob Swan | Phil Utigard | Naomi Gladish Smith | Burt Saxon | Phares O’Daffer | John Washburn | Gary Wolfson | Lian Rameson | Julia Wendell | Bob Rosenbaum | Pam Orren | Doug Corrigan | Emory Schmidt | Nestor Perea | Sara Marberry | Joyce Newcomb | Laurie Levy | Trisha Ricketts | Cathy Thornhill | Anita Weinberg | Dia Walsh | Bill Roberts | Phyllis Nutkis | Samantha Pellegrino | Thomas G. Fiffer | Steve Fiffer | Sharon Fiffer
From the Introduction by Sharon Fiffer
As promised, Volume 2 of Storied Stuff. A perfect match for Volume 1, published earlier this year. More treasures, secrets, and memories, all generously shared and freely offered.
Infinite emotions, feelings, and truths shared: Joy, longing, yearning, loss, gratitude, nostalgia, humor, admiration, forgiveness, love, apology, resentment, revelation, acceptance, anger, ambivalence, jealousy, sorrow, grief, wonder, understanding, mystery, bewilderment, and any number of combinations of those feelings.
Here is a sneak peek at one of the entries.
