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In early 2009, Smith released a follow-up, Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak, containing hundreds of personal stories about romance. [7] Another follow-up was released in late 2009; I Can't Keep My Own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous & Obscure dealt with the experiences of teenage life and as such was written by and for teens. [8]
Common memoir themes include life and death, love, loss, and even religion. If you’re in the mood for something longer than six words, check out these 15 gripping memoirs by women who overcame ...
Larry Smith (born September 17, 1968) is an American author and editor, and publisher of Smith Magazine.He is best known for developing the best-selling 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. [1]
Her best-selling memoirs include Slow Motion, Devotion, Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life, Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage, and most recently, Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love. [11] Signal Fires was named a best book of 2022 by Time, [12] Washington Post, and others, and is a national bestseller ...
As the mom to a six-year-old boy, I’ve recently noticed a failing in my conversational style: I don’t prompt him to talk about his feelings. For example, at school pickup, I toss out the ...
“Still No Word From You” looks at its author’s life through the lens of reading: memoir as daybook, as it were. In 107 short essays or chapters (some just a paragraph), Orner shapeshifts and ...
Kilmer-Purcell has written or co-written six books, including two bestselling memoirs, a novel, and four cookbooks. I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir , Harper Perennial, 2006, Memoir. Kilmer-Purcell's first memoir is a tragicomic account of his early days in New York City, living as an advertising art director by day and a drag queen named ...
“Sharon Stone: The Beauty of Living Twice” by Sharon Stone, March 30 Actress and humanitarian Sharon Stone — she of “Basic Instinct” and “Casino” fame — recounts her process of ...