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I love six word memoirs and i would love to do this project with your class. From the editors of the new york times bestseller not quite what i was planning com. Those are some of the six word summations of love and romance from the new book six word memoirs on love and heartbreak by writers famous and obscure. The first sequel to the new york times bestseller not quite what i was planning. As you know by now, we like to fill our six word memoir books with a variety of people. The item youve selected was not added to your cart. Web socialites can also join our facebook group, and enjoy a piece of sixword love each day on twitter until valentines day. The narrator, who has neither name nor gender, chronicles an affair with louise, an unhappily married woman with a terrible secret. The constraint fuels rather than limits our creativity. Sixword memoirs on love and heartbreak readers digest.
Each contributor was asked to encapsulate their current feelings on love, romance and relationships into a challengingly succinct six. Can you sum up your love life in exactly six words. From the editors of the new york times bestseller not quite what i was planning comes another collection of terse true talesthis time simple sagas exploring the complexities of the human heart. Read passion from the story 6 word memoirs by supernaturallysammy cece with 319 reads. Sixword memoirs on love and heartbreak by larry smith. Brilliant in their brevity, these insightful slivers of passion, pain, and connection capture every shade of love and losssix words at a time. Jan 01, 2017 the narrator, who has neither name nor gender, chronicles an affair with louise, an unhappily married woman with a terrible secret. Jan 06, 2008 sixword memoirs on love and heartbreak book. A whole world of heart can be summarized in very few words. Read six word memoirs on love and heartbreak by writers famous and obscure by larry smith available from rakuten kobo.
Sixword memoirs on love and heartbreak rakuten kobo. Each contributor was asked to encapsulate their current feelings on love, romance and relationships into a challengingly succinct six words. Hundreds of famous and notsofamous authors rose to the challenge for smith magazines six word memoirs on love and heartbreak. Feb 06, 2014 sixword memoirs from smith magazine has launched a new backstory challenge on medium. In the next book, in the six word memoirs series, love and heartbreak takes center stage. Ive always loved six word memoirs, and the other day i saw a fellow slicer used them to slice about her feelings lately. View not quite what i was planning six word memoirs by writers famous and obscure online. I think this would be a great project for the ipads. He is best known for developing the bestselling book series sixword memoirs, a literary subgenre that took on a life of its own in popular culture as publications began holding reader contests and publishing the results. Sixword memoirs on love and heartbreak larry smith paperback. Mother and daughter later raced together in the 1972 world championships.
He is best known for developing the bestselling book series six word memoirs, a literary subgenre that took on a life of its own in popular culture as publications began holding reader contests and publishing the results. Brilliant in their brevity, these insightful slivers of passion, pain, and connection capture every shade of love and loss six words at a time. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read sixword memoirs on love and heartbreak. Jan 25, 2009 sixword memoirs of love and heartbreak. A pocketsized book packed with 500 sixword memoirs on love in its many shapes and forms from smith readers and famous folk like dr. Written by writers famous and obscure and edited by smith magazine, the book is composed of the shortest of short stories. In may 2008, smith announced three new six word memoir book projects. Sixword memoirs on love and heartbreak larry smith. Sixword memoirs on love and heartbreak is smith magazines second collection of very, very brief life stories. Illustrated sixword memoirs by students from grade school to grad school. Where book love and the joy of a classroom community are shared. From there you can navigate to the title you are interested in. The new book focuses on the ageold puzzle of love and its related problems with memoirs that are clever.
Hundreds of famous and notsofamous authors rose to the challenge for smith magazines six word. I found all of the stories to be beautiful, heartbreaking and truthful in their simplicity. In the next book, in the sixword memoirs series, love and heartbreak takes center stage. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read six word memoirs on love and heartbreak. Sixword memoirs on love and heartbreak by larry smith and. Details about six word memoirs on love and heartbreak. In the spirit of valentines day, smithteens and teen fiction community invited young romantics and cynics alike to share their stories of love and heartbreak in the form of a six word love letter or breakup note. In may 2008, smith announced three new sixword memoir book projects. Sixword memoirs of love and heartbreak the atlantic. By writers famous and obscure by smith magazine 23 ratings, 3. From absolute joy to abject agony, love is the perfect topic for the sensational sixword form. Of course, love isnt always roses and poofy white dresses. Jan 06, 2006 in may 2008, smith announced three new sixword memoir book projects. Drew pinsky, marc ecko, robert hass, janice dickinson, elizabeth gilbert, armistead maupin, and more.
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