Eighth grade team leader at Ethical Culture Fieldston Middle School in Bronx, NY, Erik Hanson, recently struck up a poignant, six-word dialogue about silence and the all too common act of bullying.
Hanson heard Michele Norris talking on NPR about a project she developed to foster candid conversations about the touchy subject of racism in [...]

This week’s student Six-Word savants attend Ridgeview High School in Orange Park, FL. English/Language Arts teacher Susan Mullen begins her lesson plan by trying to convey the power and art that can be encompassed in something as small as a single sentence. “I’ve been using lessons and activities from a wonderful book by Stanley Fish, [...]

According to a generous sampling of Six-Word Memoirs, while we have mixed feelings about winter, summer and fall, spring seems to be a unanimous crowd-pleaser.
With Easter and Passover behind us, and lighter, longer days fighting to shake off the chill of winter, spring is most definitely in the air. With every day that passes, [...]

Life moves fast, most things are breakable and we are always making a mess. Whether you take the following Six-Word Memoirs as permission to slip and slide your way through life, or opt to leave your Tide To Go stick at home, these sixes could be the last thing you read before spilling your coffee, [...]

Daydreams, nightmares, dreams of a better future… Although there are many different categories, we all have dreams. Whether we like it or not, our subconscious is constantly contemplating new possibilities and reimagining reality. Despite how elusive dreams may seem, they’re usually worth chasing. As the cold icily cracks down, winter sometimes feels nightmarish and dark. [...]

Whatever happened to awkwardness being a prepubescent phenomenon we were supposed to “grow out of”? Whether 12, 22 or 52, awkwardness still seems to cling to us like a separation anxious child. Consider this a shout out to the anti-suave, the accident prone, the gangly, gawky and socially stunted for making life a humorously colorful [...]

This Hanukkah, SMITH teamed-up with Heeb Magazine, to choose a different Six-Word Memoir on The Jewish Life winner each night, a contest. Each of the eight winning scribes will get a free copy of our upcoming book, Oy! Only Six? Why Not More? Six Words on the Jewish Life, which will be available this [...]

Christmas is six days away and I have yet to start wrapping gifts in colorful paper,  ornamenting trees, framing my house in decorative lights or fine tuning travel plans. Fortunately, the SMITH community is not as holiday-flaky as I am. These ‘tis-the-season inspired Six-Word Memoirs range from shopping and shipping presents, St. Nick and the [...]

When I started SMITH in January 2006, I did so with a core belief that I was going to start something that would add to and create conversation rather than make more noise in a world that surely needed no more. When I realized that the way SMITH would be supported would not be [...]

Thanksgiving: a holiday spent engaging in awkward interactions with extended family members, tolerating in-laws, preparing delicacies that are sweet, mashed, canned and candied and the stuffing of turkeys and ourselves. Throughout all of that, we somehow manage to keep things in perspective and celebrate a multitude of things—big and small and unsizable—that we are thankful [...]