Fundamentals of Interactive Journalism

By Maya Pope-Chappell

Co-Editor Larry Smith reads excerpts from Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak

Thought 140 words on Twitter was limiting? Try writing your story of love and heartbreak in six-words. Smith Magazine–an online magazine that focuses on personal narratives-presented the newest of the “Six-Word Memoirs” series, “Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak.”

Though some of the books pages are graced by famous names like Mark Ecko, Janice Dickerson, and Dr. Drew Pinsky, the bulk of contributors are “obscures” which refer to readers of the magazine who post their own memoirs on the site.  In fact, the book has 800 total contributors, the most of any book.

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Our hosts Larry and Rachel read from Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak

Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak is a reading put on by SMITH magazine at McNally Jackson Booksellers in SOHO.

The event, hosted by Rachel Fershleiser and Larry Smith, features readings of some of the best six-word stories from the book, Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak by Writers Famous & Obscure, and website. Audience members are also encouraged to pen their own six-word memoirs (we’ll have to see about that).

Let the storytelling begin:

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Brooklyn Book Festival

It’s Brooklyn, baby.

The borough once famous for immigrants and food has become the final destination for writers. Colson Whitehead wrote in The New York Times if you google Brooklyn writers, and you will get “the future of literature as we know it.”

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