A Life in Just Six Words
Inspired by Hemingway, who (maybe) wrote:
"For sale: baby shoes. Never Worn."
6-word memoirs by various writers.
My "memoir" earned a comp copy.
The entry? Inspired by my book:
"Closed a door, opened a life."
Pretentious? perhaps, but certainly heartfelt, true.
I can't put the book down!
My copy from e-friend Felicia Sullivan.
Her entry, page 150, quoted here:
"Weird quiet girl, fading from view."
Others worth a look; my sister's:
"Learned reading, writing, forgot arithmetic"
(Though note, it's only five words!)
Also love this, from Ariana Huffington:
"Fearlessness is the mother of reinvention."
And also, from writer Daniel Handler:
"What? Lemony Snicket? Lemony Snicket? What?"
or commercial approach from Martha Clarkson:
"Detergent girl: Bold. Tide. Cheer. All."
And a thoughtful entry; Arthur Harris:
"Good, evil use the same font."
Brilliant understatement from Roy Blount, Jr:
"Maybe you had to be there."
And I relate to Barb Piper:
"Rich in degrees and student loans"
Ayelet Waldman always makes me laugh:
"New Jersey to California. Thank god."
Get the book; read some more.
3 Comments:
I think I was one of a few who played with the format a little. I wanted to say "forgot how to add," or "forgot counting," but lost the 3Rs sense when I did it that way...
I heard the NPR feature about this book. Here's mine:
"Inventing the plot as I go."
I love this! I'm definitely going to buy the book--I teach my students about "shortest shorts"--and use that Hemingway (maybe?) one in my class. What fun to have them write memoirs too!
<< Home