Where I End and You Begin: a Zoom Seminar on Memoir Beginnings & Endings on Saturday, October 18th, 2025

We'll meet on Saturday, October 18th, 2025Class will meet 1:00PM ET – 4:00PM ET Any questions about this class? Use the Chat Button (lower left) to talk with us. Instructor Arya Samuelson is a writer, editor, and educator based in Northampton, MA. She won New Ohio Review's Nonfiction Award, CutBank's Montana Prize in Nonfiction, and the Lascaux Review Nonfiction Prize. Her work has also been published in Fourth Genre, Bellevue Literary Review, Columbia Journal, and elsewhere. Her essay "I Am No Beekeeper" was chosen as Notable in Best American Essays 2024. Her work has been supported by Virginia Creative Center for the Arts, Vermont Studio Center, and Juniper Institute for Summer Writing. She proudly holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College in Oakland, CA. The most compelling memoirs rarely begin with "I was born" or end with "and that's my story." Instead, they drop readers into pivotal moments or surprising revelations that illuminate an entire life. But how do you know wh