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Larry Smith’s latest book of six-word memoirs, A Terrible, Horrible, No Good Year, shows the impact Covid-19 has had on students, teachers and parents ...
S ix-word memoirs are still pouring in. Students from all over Northeast Ohio penned them after reading the column I wrote challenging people to write a story in six words last month. Some are ...
This six-word memoir from Becki Lee, which was published in It All Changed in an Instant, has a fun finale: “Found on Craigslist: table, apartment, fiance.” How charming! Example #4: A fresh ...
This six-word memoir from Becki Lee, which was published in It All Changed in an Instant, has a fun finale: “Found on Craigslist: table, apartment, fiance.” How charming! Example #4: A fresh ...
Teacher Sheila Klepcyk teaches 7th and 8th grade English at St. Felicitas School in Euclid. A while back she sent me some of her favorite six word memoirs from her students: ...
The Six-Word Memoir Caption Contest promotes teacher and student interaction, while using a kids safe website to create a Six-Word Memoir caption to best describe a posted photograph.
We speak to Larry Smith, editor of the new book "A Terrible Horrible No Good Year," a collection of essays and six-word memoirs about the pandemic written by teachers, students and parents.
Six-Word Memoir is the brainchild of Larry Smith, a veteran magazine journalist who, in 2006, was struck by the fact that — despite having spent a lot of time with his grandfather, Morris Smith ...
Senior Matt Krogen won the Six-Word Memoir Contest sponsored by the Southside High School Creative Writing Club with his poem “Life is complicated, so I’ll conquer.” The winner’s prize was ...
The six-word memoir took its cue from the novelist Ernest Hemingway. When challenged in a bar to write a story in only six words, he wrote: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” ...
See if you can tell your story in just half a dozen words. The post What Is a Six-Word Memoir? The Brief but Powerful Story of Your Life appeared first on Reader's Digest.