A book for those who think this headline is too long

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Hemingway was once famously challenged to write a story in six words, and the result was "For sale: baby shoes, never worn." That tale (and the one behind it) inspired online lit mag Smith to ask readers for their own six-word stories. The result (boiled down to nearly 1,000 tales from 15,000 responses) is Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs By Writers Famous [Dave Eggers, Richard Ford, George Saunders] and Obscure [yours truly]. In six words: Gimmicks should always be this fun.

MICHAEL SLENSKE
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6:50 AM, February 05, 2008

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