This week, Regis retired from ‘Live!’, 84-year-old Dorli became an Occupy icon and Bradley wins Sexiest Man. Never a group to be left out of the action, SMITH members shared their own moments, large and small, and began to get into the Thanksgiving spirit along the way. Below are the best Six-Word Memoirs of the [...]

One of my favorite days of the year is the day I hang out with Lauren Redniss’ Senior Illustration Class at Parsons School of Design in NYC. It’s a special day, in part, because it’s such a thrill to see Lauren inspiring her students in her classroom; she’s a brilliant artist and author in her [...]

This week: Boo Halloween, boohoo Kardashians, and whoa—seventh billion baby. Like the sensational headlines, Six-Word Memoirs at SMITH evoke a range of reactions from giggles to sighs. Read the best memoirs of the week and share your own reactions in the comments section below. Plus, click on each author’s name to read more of their [...]

The best thing about a smart and playful community of storytellers? You never know where they’re going to take things next. One of the most enthusiastic trends in six-word wordplay of late involves adding four more words to these two: “More… than…”
Some of the memoirs in the “More…” challenge are self-deprecating (“More pussy whipped [...]

This week, Joe the Plumber launched his campaign for Congress, Anya Ayoung-Chee won Project Runway and future British princesses gained equal rights to the throne. Universes full of possibilities for them all, and those writing Six-Word Memoirs at SMITH were contemplating their own, from babies to jobs to a certain spooky holiday. Below are the [...]

I was at a wedding this past weekend. The happy couple kissed. The dancing began. And soon enough it was toast time. One by one friends and family took the microphone to pay tribute to the bride and groom. And one by one those loving tributes turned into beautiful disasters. Still, everyone was in a [...]

This week, dozens of zoo animals ran free, a tattooed Barbie caused controversy, and a dictator met a violent end. These headlining stories reflect life’s various levels of chaos. Perhaps seeking order out of the extraordinary, Six-Word Memoirs offered distillations of local lives and global affairs in small, inspired bites. Below are the best memoirs [...]

We’re in the final days of “The Best Test Drive Ever. Period.” contest, which ends on October 23, 11:59pm ET. The challenge is simple and the outcome could be awesome: Can describe your ultimate test drive of a MINI Cooper in just six words? One creative dreamer will get the chance to live out [...]

SMITH’s collaboration with MINI Cooper for “The Best Test Drive Ever. Period.” contest continues for almost another week, and the challenge remains the same: Describe your ultimate test drive of a MINI Cooper in just six words. As imaginative contestant Justin W. proves with his “Autobahn bacon, Six-speed, Oktoberfest, Turbo Lederhosen,” nothing is too far-fetched or elaborate.
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As we move deeply into autumn, a search for the word fall in the Six-Word Memoir project reveals SMITH writers thinking about falling leaves, the end of summer, and that non-seasonal phenomenon of falling in love. It seems that we fall asleep thinking in six words, waking to find that constant things like leaves and [...]