Larry Smith (editor)

Larry Smith
Larry Smith
Larry Smith
Born (1968-09-17) September 17, 1968 (age 56)
New Jersey
OccupationNon-fiction writer, editor
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
GenreSix-Word Memoirs
Notable works"Not Quite What I Was Planning", "Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak"
Spouse
(m. 2006)

Larry Smith (born September 17, 1968) is an American author and editor, and publisher of Smith Magazine. He is best known for developing the best-selling book series Six-Word Memoirs, a literary subgenre that took on a life of its own in popular culture as publications began holding reader contests and publishing the results.[1] The form has been described as "American haiku."[2] Smith credits Ernest Hemingway's reputed shortest story, "For sale: baby shoes, never worn", with inspiring the viral literary movement.[3][4]

  1. ^ Kloer, Phil. "Write your six-word memoir contest," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (October 11, 2007). Archived November 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "It All Happened Here in Philadelphia," Philadelphia magazine. Archived October 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Widdicombe, Lizzie (February 25, 2008). "Say It All in Six Words", The New Yorker.
  4. ^ "Six-Word Memoirs: Life Stories Distilled". NPR. February 7, 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2013.