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Can You Tell Your Life Story In Exactly Six Words?

Once asked to write a full story in six words, legend has it that novelist Ernest Hemingway responded: "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn." In this spirit, Smith Magazine invited writers "famous and obscure" to distill their own life stories into a single sentence. It All Changed in an Instant is the fourth collection of six-word memoirs from the magazine.

Can You Tell Your Life Story In Exactly Six Words?

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Six-Word Memoirs: The Valentine's Day Edition

Can you sum up your love life in exactly six words? Hundreds of famous and not-so-famous authors rose to the challenge for Smith magazine's Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak.

Six-Word Memoirs: The Valentine's Day Edition

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Six-Word Memoirs: Life Stories Distilled

Can you pare the story of your life into just six words? Not Quite What I Was Planning is a collection of six-word memoirs by famous and not-so-famous writers. Their stories are sometimes sad, often funny — and always concise.

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