Age Group:
Adults- Registration is required for this event.
- Registration will close on May 15, 2025 @ 11:00am.
- This event is part of a series. If you register for this first event, you will also be registering for future occurrences.
Program Description
Event Details
Lit at the Library: The Memoir
Thursdays, 6-7:30 pm
May 15-June 26 (No class on June 19)
As long as people have been writing, they have been writing about their lives. In this six-week course, we will read memoirs from throughout history, beginning with an engaging 11th-century Japanese noblewoman and continuing to the current day, where authors are breaking new ground in this flourishing genre. Along the way, participants will be encouraged to write the stories of their own lives, and can use the structure of the course as a guide to their own project, if they choose. We will read works by Sei Shonagon, Vladimir Nabokov, Mark Twain, James Baldwin, Michelle Zauner, and more!
Special Notes
Memphis Library Foundation
This event made possible by the Memphis Library Foundation.
