Autobiographies

Tell your life story in 400 words or less

Annabel, Edinburgh

Posted to Stories on the topic of 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 stopped […]

Derek, Portland

Posted to Stories on the topic of Autobiographies on 3 April 2008, with no comments so far.

From 400 Words, Issue 1
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 […]

Name

Posted to Stories on the topic of Autobiographies on 26 October 2007, with 2 comments so far.

by Rose—Age 54—Los Angeles, CA
Eons ago, someone named Matteo picked out a woman near one of the seven hills of what later became Rome and started a family by becoming a First Father, kind of like Adam and Eve. His many boys and girls all belonged to Matteo—until the girls married. Boys, you keep. Anyway, […]

Fast

Posted to Stories on the topic of Autobiographies on 16 October 2007, with 3 comments so far.

by Stephanie—Age 34— Miami, FL
It was like this; it was fast. There was a marriage, a birth, a divorce and a move. Then, before I knew anything, I was a Miamian, living the single parent/child life—day care until six, quality-time-packed weekends. My mother dated half-heartedly, deftly keeping me away from all potential dads.
Eventually, she […]