Top 6 “Swimming in Sixes”: Our head is above water and, finally, here are our picks!

"They may be short, but these six-word memoirs are powerful reflections"

PEOPLE

"Like traditional Japanese poetry, the new pop-culture haiku says a lot with few words."

TIME Magazine

“Makes for compulsive reading and prove arguably as insightful as any 300+ page biography."

Publishers Weekly

“The brilliance is in the brevity.”

New York Post

"A fabulously appealing exercise both for writers and for readers."

The Telegraph

“So Romantic. And So Brief.”

Newsweek

"Six-Word Memoirs have been lodged in the literary firmament"

Los Angeles Times
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“You could spend a lifetime brainstorming.”

The New Yorker
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“Will thrill minimalists and inspire maximalists.”

Vanity Fair
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“Larry Smith is on a quest to spark the creativity of aspiring writers.”

Oprah Magazine
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