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'''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 |
'''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.<ref>Kloer, Phil. [http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/entries/2007/10/11/write_your_sixword_memoir_cont.html "Write your six-word memoir contest," ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' (October 11, 2007).] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121231502/http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/entries/2007/10/11/write_your_sixword_memoir_cont.html |date=November 21, 2009 }}</ref> The form has been described as "American haiku."<ref>[http://www.phillymag.com/philly/six_word_memoirs "It All Happened Here in Philadelphia," ''Philadelphia'' magazine.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024032229/http://www.phillymag.com/philly/six_word_memoirs |date=October 24, 2008 }}</ref> Smith credits [[Ernest Hemingway]]'s reputed shortest story, "[[For sale: baby shoes, never worn]]", with inspiring the viral literary movement.<ref>Widdicombe, Lizzie (February 25, 2008). [http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2008/02/25/080225ta_talk_widdicombe "Say It All in Six Words"], ''[[The New Yorker]]''.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18768430 |title=Six-Word Memoirs: Life Stories Distilled |work=NPR |date= February 7, 2008 |accessdate=8 October 2013}}</ref> |
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==Background and early career== |
==Background and early career== |
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Smith grew up in [[New Jersey]], the son of Burlington attorney Louis Smith and |
Smith grew up in [[New Jersey]], the son of [[Burlington, New Jersey|Burlington]] attorney Louis Smith and Carol, a clinical social worker. He graduated from the [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/21/fashion/weddings/21kerm.html |title=Piper Kerman and Larry Smith |date=May 21, 2006 |work=The New York Times |accessdate= March 20, 2010}}</ref> |
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He worked as a founding editor of the magazine ''[[P.O.V. (magazine)|P.O.V.]]'' and editor-in-chief of its sister publication, ''[[Egg (U.S. magazine)|Egg]]'', as well as an editor of ''[[Might (magazine)|Might]]'' magazine with [[Dave Eggers]]. |
He worked as a founding editor of the magazine ''[[P.O.V. (magazine)|P.O.V.]]'' and editor-in-chief of its sister publication, ''[[Egg (U.S. magazine)|Egg]]'', as well as an editor of ''[[Might (magazine)|Might]]'' magazine with [[Dave Eggers]]. Smith was also [[managing editor]] of the news service [[AlterNet]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smithmag.net/about/team/ |title=Smith profile on Smith Magazine website |publisher=Smithmag.net |date=January 6, 2006 |accessdate=August 23, 2013}}</ref> and editor of the city guide network, Boulevards. |
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Smith also worked as executive editor of ''[[Yahoo! Internet Life]]'', editor at ''[[ESPN The Magazine]]'', and articles editor at ''[[Men's Journal]]''. His writing has appeared in ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[Popular Science]]'', ''[[Men's Health (magazine)|Men’s Health]]'', ''[[Salon (website)|Salon]]'', ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'', as well as other places. |
Smith also worked as executive editor of ''[[Yahoo! Internet Life]]'', editor at ''[[ESPN The Magazine]]'', and articles editor at ''[[Men's Journal]]''. His writing has appeared in ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[Popular Science]]'', ''[[Men's Health (magazine)|Men’s Health]]'', ''[[Salon (website)|Salon]]'', ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'', as well as other places. |
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In 2004, Smith's then-fiancée, [[Piper Kerman]], served a 13-month sentence at the [[Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury]], Connecticut, the result of a 1998 arrest for drug-related offenses committed about five years prior. Smith visited her in prison almost every week, and wrote about the experience in |
In 2004, Smith's then-fiancée, [[Piper Kerman]], served a 13-month sentence at the [[Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury]], Connecticut, the result of a 1998 arrest for drug-related offenses committed about five years prior. Smith visited her in prison almost every week, and wrote about the experience in ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>Smith, Larry (March 25, 2010), [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/fashion/28Love.html "A Life to Live, This Side of the Bars"], ''The New York Times''.</ref><ref>Kerman, Piper (March 19, 2010), [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/magazine/21lives-t.html "Prison Day 1"], ''The New York Times''.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Goldman |first=Lea |url=http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity-lifestyle/articles/living/piper-kerman-interview |title=Life Behind Bars |website=Marieclaire.com |date=March 10, 2010 |access-date=August 23, 2013}}</ref> Kerman later wrote a memoir about the experience, ''[[Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison]]'',<ref>{{cite web|author=Orange Is The New Black |url=http://piperkerman.com/orange |title=Orange is the New Black |publisher=Piperkerman.com |date= |accessdate=August 23, 2013}}</ref> which was subsequently made into a [[Orange Is the New Black|television show]] by Netflix productions, in which Smith's homologue ("Larry Bloom") is played by [[Jason Biggs]]. |
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==''Smith Magazine'' and "Six Word Memoirs"== |
==''Smith Magazine'' and "Six Word Memoirs"== |
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On January 6, 2006, National Smith Day, Smith co-founded the online ''Smith Magazine'' with [[Tim Barkow]].<ref>Smith, Larry. [http://www.smithmag.net/2008/01/06/happy-national-smith-day-happy-birthday-to-smith/ "Happy National Smith Day, Happy Birthday To SMITH, |
On January 6, 2006, National Smith Day, Smith co-founded the online ''Smith Magazine'' with [[Tim Barkow]].<ref>Smith, Larry (January 6, 2008). [http://www.smithmag.net/2008/01/06/happy-national-smith-day-happy-birthday-to-smith/ "Happy National Smith Day, Happy Birthday To SMITH"], ''SMITH Magazine''.</ref> |
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Two years later, Smith's book, ''Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure'', co-edited by [[Rachel Fershleiser]], was selected as a Top 100 Editors' Pick by Amazon in 2008 and became a ''New York Times'' bestseller. Smith and Fershleiser went on to co-edit three more books in the series, including '' Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak,'' ''I Can't Keep My Own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous & Obscure,'' and ''It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous & Obscure,'' all published by Harper Perennial. |
Two years later, Smith's book, ''Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure'', co-edited by [[Rachel Fershleiser]], was selected as a Top 100 Editors' Pick by Amazon in 2008 and became a ''New York Times'' bestseller. Smith and Fershleiser went on to co-edit three more books in the series, including '' Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak,'' ''I Can't Keep My Own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous & Obscure,'' and ''It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous & Obscure,'' all published by Harper Perennial. |
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==Books== |
==Books== |
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* ''Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure |
* ''Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure'' (with Rachel Fershleiser.) Harper Perennial, 2008. {{ISBN|978-0-06-137405-0}}. |
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* ''Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure—Deluxe Edition |
* ''Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure—Deluxe Edition'' (with Rachel Fershleiser). Harper Perennial, 2008. {{ISBN|978-0-06-171371-2}}. |
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* ''Six Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak: by Writers Famous and Obscure |
* ''Six Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak: by Writers Famous and Obscure'' (with Rachel Fershleiser.) Harper Perennial, January 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-06-171462-7}}. |
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* ''I Can't Keep My Own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous & Obscure |
* ''I Can't Keep My Own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous & Obscure'' (with Rachel Fershleiser). Harper Teen, September 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-06-172684-2}}. |
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* ''It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous & Obscure |
* ''It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous & Obscure'' (with Rachel Fershleiser). Harper Perennial, January 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-06-171943-1}}. |
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* ''The Best Advice in Six Words''. St. Martin's Press, November 2015. {{ISBN|978-1-25-006701-2}} |
* ''The Best Advice in Six Words''. St. Martin's Press, November 2015. {{ISBN|978-1-25-006701-2}} |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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* [http://www.smithmag.net Smith Magazine website] |
* [http://www.smithmag.net Smith Magazine website] |
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* [http://gothamist.com/2007/04/23/larry_smith_fou.php Gothamist interview] |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090321070412/http://gothamist.com/2007/04/23/larry_smith_fou.php Gothamist interview] |
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[[Category:Writers from New Jersey]] |
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[[Category:University of Pennsylvania alumni]] |
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Larry Smith | |
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Born | New Jersey | September 17, 1968
Occupation | Non-fiction writer, editor |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
Genre | Six-Word Memoirs |
Notable works | "Not Quite What I Was Planning", "Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak" |
Spouse |
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]
Background and early career
[edit]Smith grew up in New Jersey, the son of Burlington attorney Louis Smith and Carol, a clinical social worker. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.[5]
He worked as a founding editor of the magazine P.O.V. and editor-in-chief of its sister publication, Egg, as well as an editor of Might magazine with Dave Eggers. Smith was also managing editor of the news service AlterNet[6] and editor of the city guide network, Boulevards.
Smith also worked as executive editor of Yahoo! Internet Life, editor at ESPN The Magazine, and articles editor at Men's Journal. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Popular Science, Men’s Health, Salon, Slate, as well as other places.
In 2004, Smith's then-fiancée, Piper Kerman, served a 13-month sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury, Connecticut, the result of a 1998 arrest for drug-related offenses committed about five years prior. Smith visited her in prison almost every week, and wrote about the experience in The New York Times.[7][8][9] Kerman later wrote a memoir about the experience, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison,[10] which was subsequently made into a television show by Netflix productions, in which Smith's homologue ("Larry Bloom") is played by Jason Biggs.
Smith Magazine and "Six Word Memoirs"
[edit]On January 6, 2006, National Smith Day, Smith co-founded the online Smith Magazine with Tim Barkow.[11]
Two years later, Smith's book, Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure, co-edited by Rachel Fershleiser, was selected as a Top 100 Editors' Pick by Amazon in 2008 and became a New York Times bestseller. Smith and Fershleiser went on to co-edit three more books in the series, including Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak, I Can't Keep My Own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous & Obscure, and It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous & Obscure, all published by Harper Perennial.
Books
[edit]- Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure (with Rachel Fershleiser.) Harper Perennial, 2008. ISBN 978-0-06-137405-0.
- Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure—Deluxe Edition (with Rachel Fershleiser). Harper Perennial, 2008. ISBN 978-0-06-171371-2.
- Six Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak: by Writers Famous and Obscure (with Rachel Fershleiser.) Harper Perennial, January 2009. ISBN 978-0-06-171462-7.
- I Can't Keep My Own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous & Obscure (with Rachel Fershleiser). Harper Teen, September 2009. ISBN 978-0-06-172684-2.
- It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous & Obscure (with Rachel Fershleiser). Harper Perennial, January 2010. ISBN 978-0-06-171943-1.
- The Best Advice in Six Words. St. Martin's Press, November 2015. ISBN 978-1-25-006701-2
References
[edit]- ^ Kloer, Phil. "Write your six-word memoir contest," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (October 11, 2007). Archived November 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "It All Happened Here in Philadelphia," Philadelphia magazine. Archived October 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Widdicombe, Lizzie (February 25, 2008). "Say It All in Six Words", The New Yorker.
- ^ "Six-Word Memoirs: Life Stories Distilled". NPR. February 7, 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ "Piper Kerman and Larry Smith". The New York Times. May 21, 2006. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
- ^ "Smith profile on Smith Magazine website". Smithmag.net. January 6, 2006. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
- ^ Smith, Larry (March 25, 2010), "A Life to Live, This Side of the Bars", The New York Times.
- ^ Kerman, Piper (March 19, 2010), "Prison Day 1", The New York Times.
- ^ Goldman, Lea (March 10, 2010). "Life Behind Bars". Marieclaire.com. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
- ^ Orange Is The New Black. "Orange is the New Black". Piperkerman.com. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
- ^ Smith, Larry (January 6, 2008). "Happy National Smith Day, Happy Birthday To SMITH", SMITH Magazine.
Further reading
[edit]- "Six Maniac: How much do I love thee? Let me count the words," Metro Silicon Valley (February 11, 2009).
- Hafner, Katie. "Laptop Slides Into Bed in Love Triangle," New York Times (August 24, 2006).