The Moment: Wild, Poignant, Life-Changing Stories from 125 Writers and Artists Famous and Obscure with SMITH Magazine founding editor Larry Smith

The Moment: a collection of brief and moving personal stories about key instancesa moment of opportunity, serendipity, calamity, or chaosthat had profound consequences on each person's life. Many of us think our lives follow a fated path, or one that comes from a route we engaged on and then strive to follow. But in fact so much of our existencewhere we find ourselves in life, love, work, and at home, and where we might end up later, results from a single moment or decision that was made on a whim, even randomly.