Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak: by Writers Famous and Obscure
In 2008, the editors of Smith Magazine asked dozens of writers "famous and obscure" to compose six-word memoirs. The resulting book, Not Quite What I Was Planning, became a New York Times bestseller. Now the inquisitive editors are back, armed with a new question. They wanted wordsmiths, old and...
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In 2008, the editors of Smith Magazine asked dozens of writers "famous and obscure" to compose six-word memoirs. The resulting book, Not Quite What I Was Planning, became a New York Times bestseller. Now the inquisitive editors are back, armed with a new question. They wanted wordsmiths, old and new, to capture the essence of romance in half a dozen words. This is the result. If you can peruse this book with another person in the room without reading aloud from it, you probably have a deeply seated problem.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780061714627 (0061714623)
Publish date: January 6th 2009
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
Category:
Love,
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Romance,
Anthologies,
Culture,
Poetry,
Short Stories,
Cultural Studies,
Relationships
Series: Six-Word Memoirs
I may have to come back and add my six word memoir to the reveiw. I can't think of one now. (oooohhhh, there I did it!) I am so addicted to this series of books. They are just fun and quick reading.
So I got an email saying that my six word memoir on love was going to be in this book. I was surprised, but it made me swell up inside a bit.They sent me the book and a few odds and ends -- stickers, coasters, etc...It is a slight irreverent book. But the simplicity of the concept and the selected "...
This book would have been a favorite had I read it at nineteen instead of fifty-two; love and romance just doesn’t have the zing it once did for me. I can’t seem to get the pain of heartbreak any more. Is it my age? I found the first book, little six-word tales of a life, much more clever.
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