Six-Word Memoirs same large city. Six-Word Memoirs Six-Word Memoirs is a project founded by the U.S.-based online storytelling magazine "Smith Magazine." Like that publication, "Six-Word Memoirs" seek to provide a platform for storytelling in all its forms. "Smith" was founded January 6, 2006, by Larry Smith and Tim Barko. Taking a cue from novelist Ernest Hemingway, who, according to literary legend, was once challenged to write a short story in only six words, "Smith Magazine" set out to do the same. Hemingway's six-word story read: “.” In November 2006, "Smith's" editors Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser gave the six-word story a personal
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