There are routines to learn, relationships to build, and foundational skills to review. What’s yours? We hope you’re become a part of SMITH Magazine’s Six-Word Memoir project, one which gets better and better with each contribution.First days of school can be tricky. It All Changed in An Instant:More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure (Jan.
In May 2008, Harper Perennial signed SMITH to a five-book deal, including Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak, Six-Word Memoirs by Teens(Sept.Each contributor received a copy of the book and a promotion kit. With 950 credited contributors, Not Quite What I Was Planning may be the most “crowdsourced” book in publishing history.1 most e-mailed piece on all of NPR.org for three straight weeks. NPR’s 12-minute “Talk of the Nation” segment on the book was the No.5, 2008, making The New York Times bestseller list, and named one of Amazon’s Top 100 books of 2008.
From speed dating to parlor games, to conferences and staff retreats, Six-Word Memoirs have become a powerful tool to inspire conversation around a big idea, and a simple way for individuals to break the ice.Īnticipating the microblogging explosion, SMITH originally launched Six-Word Memoirs in November 2006 as a simple online challenge asking: The Six-Word Memoir exemplifies the best of SMITH Magazine’s storytelling mission: populist, participatory, inspirational, and addictive. Hundreds of thousands of people have shared their own short life story at, as well as in classrooms, churches, and at live Six-Word “slams” across the world. Six-Word Memoirs have been featured in hundreds of media outlets from NPR to The New Yorker, covered on tens of thousands of blogs, and, as of Summer 2010, can be found inside 1 million Honest Tea bottle caps. Since then, Six-Word Memoir project has become a global phenomenon and a bestselling book series. They sent in short life stories in droves, from the bittersweet (“Cursed with cancer, blessed with friends”) and poignant (“I still make coffee for two”) to the inspirational (“Business school? Bah! Pop music? Hurrah”) and hilarious (“I like big butts, can’t lie”). His response? “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” In November 2006, SMITH Magazine re-ignited the recountre by asking our readers for their own Six-Word Memoirs. Legend has it that Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in only six words. Make your own Six-Word tee or choose among our favorites. Our witty, wordy, fast, fun game for of all ages.Ī new six-worder each day-and spot to write your own. BOOKS Our bestselling Six-Word Memoir® books, graphic novels, and more.Available as a Grand Central graphic novel.Ī true story about having a baby Christen Clifford & David Heatley The illustrated diary of a single Jewish artist making her own way through life, work, and psychoanalysis.Ī fictionalized story set in 2011 on the future of citizen journalism, media, and the war on terror. True neighborhood tales by today's leading comics artists and writers. Now an expanded book from Pantheon.Īmerican Splendor creator Harvey Pekar has teamed with four terrific artists for his first ongoing webcomics series. The true story about six different people who survive Hurricane Katrina.
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