Description: A fascinating, addictively compelling, illustrated collection of six-word memoirs that are alternately humorous, sad, and strange, from writers both famous and obscure. 32 b&w illustrations throughout.
Brief description:
LARRY SMITH is an adjunct associate professor of economics at the University of Waterloo and a recipient of the University of Waterloo's Distinguished Teacher Award. During his longstanding tenure, Smith has taught and counselled more than 23,000 students on the subject of their careers, representing more than 10 percent of UW's alumni. Smith has worked with more than 500 teams of student entrepreneurs, advising them as they have created companies of significant size and success across industries as broad-reaching as communications, software, robotics, entertainment, design and real estate. Smith is also president of Essential Economics Corporation, an economic consulting practice that serves a wide range of public and private clients. "Why You Will Fail to have a Great Career," his TEDx Talk based on his experience counselling students, has been viewed by over six million people.
Review Quotes:
"Perfect for the American attention span...Will thrill minimalists and inspire maximalists." - Vanity Fair
"The brilliance is in the brevity." - New York Post
"Compulsive reading...as insightful as any 300+ page biography." - Publishers Weekly
"Irresistibly clever." - Chicago Tribune
"In six words: Gimmicks should always be this fun." - Style.com
"A perfect distraction and inspiration, and a collection that begs to be shared." - Denver Post
"The pithiest of life stories." - O magazine
"You could spend a lifetime brainstorming." - The New Yorker
"A fabulously appealing exercise both for writers and for readers." - Daily Telegraph (London)
"Six-word review: Buy it, keep it in bathroom." - Philadelphia Magazine
"These tiny windows into people's lives are at once addictive and illuminating, challenging and accessible." - Blackbook
"Smith seems to have struck a chord in the current zeitgeist, unleashing a torrent of self-expression not unlike the one launched by Frank Warren when he began inviting people to write their secrets on the back of postcards." - Toronto Star