A tumble of Six-Word Memoirs, in words and images (and occasionally dance and song), from SMITH Magazine's Six-Word Memoir project (sixwordmemoirs.com) and elsewhere around the web and around the world. Head to http://sixwordmemoirs.com to submit yours—and you could be published in a future book.
![Writing is cheaper than a therapist.”- John RoedelOn Oct 4, Six-Word Memoirs returns to 92YTribeca with a new show with a six-word title and wonderful theme: “Let Me in You Narrative Whore” — A Six-Word Memoir Story Show on the Creative Life. Six performers will each start with a Six-Word Memoir about the creative life and then open it up into a six-minute backstory. Featured storytellers include musician Joe Iconis, blogger Twanna Hines, author and humorist Colin Nissan, and Hunter S. Thompson’s former assistant Cheryl Della Pietra (you’ll love her tale from Gonzo-land), as well as others TBA. One storyteller will be selected from our ‘Six Words on the Writing Life” Facebook challenge [https://www.facebook.com/sixwordmemoirs] to invited on stage and be part of the show. The evening ends with an audience “Six-Word Slam” with prizes awarded to the best Six-Worders. “Starving artist on a perpetual diet.”- Kelly Tobin• Door/Happy Hour ($6 drink specials): 6pm-7pm• Show: 7pm (sharp)• Advance tickets recommended! » http://bit.ly/RuHRGVRSVP on Facebook and enter your Six-Word Memoir on the Wall.
http://bit.ly/oct4show
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Writing is cheaper than a therapist.”
- John Roedel
On Oct 4, Six-Word Memoirs returns to 92YTribeca with a new show with a six-word title and wonderful theme: “Let Me in You Narrative Whore” — A Six-Word Memoir Story Show on the Creative Life. Six performers will each start with a Six-Word Memoir about the creative life and then open it up into a six-minute backstory. Featured storytellers include musician Joe Iconis, blogger Twanna Hines, author and humorist Colin Nissan, and Hunter S. Thompson’s former assistant Cheryl Della Pietra (you’ll love her tale from Gonzo-land), as well as others TBA. One storyteller will be selected from our ‘Six Words on the Writing Life” Facebook challenge [https://www.facebook.com/sixwordmemoirs] to invited on stage and be part of the show. The evening ends with an audience “Six-Word Slam” with prizes awarded to the best Six-Worders.
“Starving artist on a perpetual diet.”
- Kelly Tobin
• Door/Happy Hour ($6 drink specials): 6pm-7pm
• Show: 7pm (sharp)
• Advance tickets recommended! » http://bit.ly/RuHRGV
RSVP on Facebook and enter your Six-Word Memoir on the Wall.
“So would you believe me anyway?”
- James Frey
![SMITH Magazine, home of the Six-Word Memoir project, presents: “I’m Only Popular at Summer Camp: Six-Word Memoirs on Camp, Summer Stock, and the Family Vacation.” Get advance tickets (and save money):http://bit.ly/sixshowJuly25 Lineup includes: • Ann Leary, author of “Outtakes From a Marriage” and “An Innocent, A Broad.” She is co-host of the new NPR show Hash Hags• Susan Blackwell, co-starred in “[Title of Show]” and co-wrote/performed in the recent lab production of “Now. Here. This.” She hosts of Broadway.com’s “Side by Side by Susan Blackwell”• Joe Iconis, writer/performer/co-author of “Things to Ruin,” “Bloodsong of Love: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Spaghetti Western,” and “The Joe Iconis Rock and Roll Jamboree” • Deborah Copaken Kogan, author of “Shutterbabe,” “Between Here and April,” “Hell Is Other Parents” and the forthcoming novel, “The Red Book”• … and maybe YOU! Write your Six-Word summer-related memoir on Facebook Wall and we’ll invite one of you to join the performers on stage to tell your Six-Word Memoir and backstory! http://on.fb.me/sixonJuly25The night starts at 6 p.m. with a Happy Hour at the 92YTribeca’s amazing bar, where you can meet other six-lovers over drink specials. At 7pm, the show begins: six performers, six minutes each to tell their story. The evening ends with an audience participation Six-World Slam: you’re invited to share your own six words on this hot, fun, miraculous and messy thing called summer. Tickets:http://bit.ly/sixshowJuly25 photo: from “Camp Camp” by Roger Bennett & Jules Shell. It’s a great book.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnyqef5Tum1qca7y9o1_500.jpg)
SMITH Magazine, home of the Six-Word Memoir project, presents: “I’m Only Popular at Summer Camp: Six-Word Memoirs on Camp, Summer Stock, and the Family Vacation.”
Get advance tickets (and save money):
http://bit.ly/sixshowJuly25
Lineup includes:
• Ann Leary, author of “Outtakes From a Marriage” and “An Innocent, A Broad.” She is co-host of the new NPR show Hash Hags
• Susan Blackwell, co-starred in “[Title of Show]” and co-wrote/performed in the recent lab production of “Now. Here. This.” She hosts of Broadway.com’s “Side by Side by Susan Blackwell”
• Joe Iconis, writer/performer/co-author of “Things to Ruin,” “Bloodsong of Love: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Spaghetti Western,” and “The Joe Iconis Rock and Roll Jamboree”
• Deborah Copaken Kogan, author of “Shutterbabe,” “Between Here and April,” “Hell Is Other Parents” and the forthcoming novel, “The Red Book”
• … and maybe YOU! Write your Six-Word summer-related memoir on Facebook Wall and we’ll invite one of you to join the performers on stage to tell your Six-Word Memoir and backstory! http://on.fb.me/sixonJuly25
The night starts at 6 p.m. with a Happy Hour at the 92YTribeca’s amazing bar, where you can meet other six-lovers over drink specials. At 7pm, the show begins: six performers, six minutes each to tell their story. The evening ends with an audience participation Six-World Slam: you’re invited to share your own six words on this hot, fun, miraculous and messy thing called summer.
Tickets:
http://bit.ly/sixshowJuly25
photo: from “Camp Camp” by Roger Bennett & Jules Shell. It’s a great book.
