Autobiographies

Tell your life story in 400 words or less

Mary,

Posted to Autobiographies on 15 September 2006, with no comments so far.

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 when the authorities pronounced me a child genius because [...]

Amanda,

Posted to Autobiographies on 4 September 2006, with 4 comments so far.

A cramped New York apartment, one of the smallest places he, a recent implant from Florida, has lived in. But coming from rat-infested dorms and an Alphabet City dig where the floors peeled up, this place with its hardwood floors and exposed brick is the nicest I’ve lived in, at least in New York City. [...]

Derek,

Posted to Autobiographies on 4 September 2006, with 1 comment so far.

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 lived with a woman [...]

Shawna,

Posted to Autobiographies on 28 August 2006, with no comments so far.

I don’t remember the three times my mom tried to kill herself before I was five. I do remember visiting her in the hospital, and I remember the long drive when dad kidnapped me. He dropped me off with an aunt and uncle as soon as he got home. Then there was the time dad [...]