Postsecret: A Worldwide Community of Confessions

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Postsecret: A Worldwide Community of Confessions

Listen Monday, Oct. 19, 2009 at 1:06 p.m. in Arts & Culture, Books, Society

It started 5 years ago this month, as a simple community art project. Now, more than 400,000 postcards later, the once-simple project has touched millions of people around the world. We chat with creator Frank Warren about the universal experiences and unique moments created when we peak inside other people's secret lives.

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Frank Warren

Curator of PostSecret.com; and editor of "PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death, and God" (William Morrow)

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"I Know Why..."<div><em>Courtesty Frank Warren and "PostSecret."</em></div>

"Whenever I see road kill..."<div><em>Courtesty Frank Warren and "PostSecret."</em></div>

Images from Frank Warren's new book, "PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death, and God."<div><em>Courtesy Frank Warren and "PostSecret."</em></div>

"Love Story."<div><em>Courtesty Frank Warren and "PostSecret."</em></div>

"Call me. Dad Died."<div><em>Courtesty Frank Warren and "PostSecret."</em></div>

"There are days when I go to church..."<div><em>Courtesty Frank Warren and "PostSecret."</em></div>

"I go shopping on Sunday mornings because everyone else is at church."<div><em>Courtesty Frank Warren and "PostSecret."</em></div>

"Caring for cancer patients has stopped my suicidal ideations."<div><em>Courtesty Frank Warren and "PostSecret."</em></div>

"I'm starting Rabbinical school and I love bacon!"<div><em>Courtesty Frank Warren and "PostSecret."</em></div>

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