100 Memoirs

Have you tried to tell your life story in just six words?  Smith magazine discovered a gold mine with this concept a few years ago and now has published several popular books listing these short narratives.
The whole concept derives from a single story. Supposedly Ernest Hemingway was challenged to tell a story in six words and chose [...]

If you have not yet discovered the joy of the six-word memoir, here’s a past post that will fill you in–a lecture at Google by the authors of this book:
And if you missed this week’s long NPR segment on six-word memoirs on love and heartbreak, here’s the link that will take you there.
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Since my previous post about six-word memoirs elicited some response, here is a great video with examples at the beginning and a speech from Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser, who tell the story of how Smith Magazine created this special form.