Autobiographies

Tell your life story in 400 words or less

Andrew, 28, Orlando

Posted to Autobiographies on 12 April 2008, with 1 comment so far.

From 400 Words, Issue 1 by Andrew—Age 26—Orlando, FL This guy, see, or should we say a boy then, was born already distracted. With bright eyes and a quiet mouth, he watched and watched. Leaves made good friends, which unnerved his parents such that they made him do things like play baseball. He was forced [...]

Mary, 46, Olympia

Posted to Autobiographies on 7 April 2008, with 2 comments so far.

From 400 Words, Issue 1 by Mary—Age 46—Olympia, WA I was born into a sad person’s middle class white home of angry people and miserable immigrant grandparents who loved me more than my own weird mother did. Always a feminist before I could clearly say the letter “˜f,’ I started seriously writing in second grade [...]

Annabel, 24, Edinburgh

Posted to Autobiographies on 5 April 2008, with no comments so far.

by Annabel—Age 24—Edinburgh, Scotland Mom was a conceptual artist and Dad a drummer in punk bands. Once he played a gig dressed only in boxers and tinfoil, which fell off as he played. He stopped playing when I was two, and started taking me to social work school with him on the Green Line. Mom [...]

Derek, 33, Portland

Posted to Autobiographies on 3 April 2008, with no comments so far.

by Derek—Age 33—Portland, OR I now reside in Portland, Oregon. I arrived here two years ago in a beat-up truck with everything I owned crammed into the bed and cab. I was fleeing Lee’s Summit, Missouri, where I had worked for a shady sub-contractor for the Justice Department—blowing the whistle led to my termination. I [...]