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Not Quite What I Was Planning, Revised and Expanded Deluxe Edition
Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
Chapter One
After Harvard, had baby with crackhead.
—Robin Templeton
Seventy years, few tears, hairy ears.
—Bill Querengesser
Watching quietly from every door frame.
—Nicole Resseguie
Catholic school backfired. Sin is in!
—Nikki Beland
Savior complex makes for many disappointments.
—Alanna Schubach
Nobody cared, then they did. Why?
—Chuck Klosterman
Some cross-eyed kid, forgotten then found.
—Diana Welch
She said she was negative. Damn.
—Ryan McRae
Born in the desert, still thirsty.
—Georgene Nunn
A sake mom, not soccer mom.
—Shawna Hausman
I asked. They answered. I wrote.
—Sebastian Junger
No future, no past. Not lost.
—Matt Brensilver
Extremely responsible, secretly longed for spontaneity.
—Sabra Jennings
Joined Army. Came out. Got booted.
—Johan Baumeister
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