SMITH Magazine Presents SIX WORD STORY SHOW, 2/14

SMTIH Magazine presents an evening that starts with a Happy Hour at 6pm and ends with a 'Six-Word Slam' in which anyone in the audience can share six words on love, heartbreak, or any part of life.

The storytellers include:

Rachel Shukert is a playwright, novelist and author, most recently of the bestselling memoir, Everything Is Going To Be Great. Her work has appeared Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Slate, and on NPR. Her play, Eight Days More, a Broadway tribute to Hanukkah, recently played the 92YTribeca.

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir, When Skateboards Will Be Free, and a 2010 recipient of the Whiting Writers' Award. His short stories and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, the Paris Review, Granta, and The New York Times.

Deborah Copaken Kogan is the author of Shutterbabe, the bestselling memoir of her years as a war photographer, the novel, Between Here and April, and Hell is Other Parents, a book of humorous essays. Her next novel, The Red Book, will be published in April.

Paul Miler, aka DJ Spooky, is a composer, multimedia artist, and writer. He's the author of three books, Rhythm Science, Sound Unbound, and The Book of Ice.

Robin Gelfenbien is a writer and performer whose solo show, My Salvation Has a First Name: A Wienermobile Journey, premiered at the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival. She has written jokes for Rosie O'Donnell and appeared on VH1 and in a commercial directed by Spike Lee. She's also the creator of the storytelling series, "Yum's the Word," that features her homemade ice cream cakes.

Mark Lukach is a writer living in San Francisco with his wife and bulldog. He is working on a memoir. He recently wrote a lovely essay about love in The New York Times.

Shubha Bala works for a nonprofit investment firm in New York City after a career as a public radio producer at WNYC and MPR.

Tara O'Grady is a singer/songwriter who has been named one of Irish Voice's Most Influential Women of 2010. Her debut album, Black Irish, is a collection of traditional Irish songs she arranged in her unique jazz and blues style.