The Story of Six-Word Memoirs
Jun 13, 2015
When Hemingway wrote the six-word novel "For sale: baby shoes, never worn," he didn’t know he’d inspired one the hottest storytelling trends of the modern age. But with four books and 300,000+ online submissions later, SMITH Magazine's Six-Word Memoirs [sixwordmemoirs.com] have become a part of the national conversation. Larry Smith tells the story of the Six-Word Memoir project.
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For sale: Baby shoes, never worn.
Class clown, class president, town drunk.—Victor Goad
Married by Elvis. Divorced by Friday.—G.M. Rouse
Catholic girls. Jersey. It’s all true.—Mary Elizabeth Williams
One life. Six words. What’s yours?
Down for maintenance,
be back soon.—Greylond Sherman
After Harvard, had baby with crackhead. —Robin Templeton
Being a monk stunk. Better gay.—Bob Redman
Life has gone to the dogs. —Ted Rheingold, CEO Dogster
Eight thousand orgasms, only one baby. —Neal Pollack
Found on Craigslist: table, apartment, fiancé.—Becki Lee
According to Facebook, we broke up.
—Jonathan B.
Yes, you can edit my biography.—Jimmy Wales
Nine years stacked within my soul. —Laura S., age 9
300,000+ Six-Word Memoirs!
“You could spend a lifetime brainstorming.” —The New Yorker
“Let’s dub this American Haiku.”
— St. Louis Post Dispatch
Make it easy.
Empower the crowd.
….and set the crowd free.
Add a touch of celebrity.
Have a Jewish mother.
The exits were entrances in disguise.—Shannon B., from SMITHTeens.com
Keep moving.
Six is everywhere. (Just look around.)
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