Six word memoirs
Posted by jbalaco on July 1, 2008
O.k., I know there are actually a few people reading about my summer and it makes me v. curious to know who. I have a challenge. One of the books I procured while at ALA (and had actually considered buying at the beginning of the summer) is Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure (Larry Smith & Rachel Fershleiser, Harper 2008). The book is wonderful. Some of the memoirs are laugh out loud funny while others had my heart breaking a little bit.
There is a website (www.sixwordmemoirs.com) where you can read them as well as add your own, which could get published in the next edition. I will add some of my favorites from the book later for additional inspiration. So what would your six words be? I’ve been working and have a whole list. I think I’ll make a new page for them. Check those out and add yours in my comments,. Please.
