Sarah Saffian
Biography
Sarah Saffian (MFA, Columbia) is the author of Ithaka, her memoir of being an adoptee who was found by her birth family. Formerly a journalism professor at NYU and the New School, and a memoir teacher at Sarah Lawrence, Sarah has written for publications including The New York Times, Smithsonian, and Yoga Journal, and has been a writer-in-residence at the Atlantic Center for the Arts and the Millay Colony. As a psychotherapist (LCSW-R, NYU), Sarah counsels individuals and groups, and blends her areas of interest and expertise in Therapeutic Writing, using memoir prompts to encourage reflection, processing, and discovery. This is Sarah’s thirteenth summer at the Festival.
Please visit: http://www.saffian.com
Events
Rapid-Fire Memoir: A Personal Piece a Day
Description
In the words of American humorist S. J. Perelman, “Keep it crisp.” If you haven’t got time for the pain of writer’s block, this is the workshop for you. Starting at our first meeting Sunday evening, each day we’ll get a prompt for a 250-500 word “micro” personal piece to write overnight...
Sunny Side Up: The Light Stuff of Memoir
Description
News flash that should reassure all aspiring memoirists out there: You aren’t, in fact, required to have experienced tragedy or trauma, or possess highly unusual or bizarre life circumstances, in order to tell a compelling story. Memoir can be entertaining—even laugh-out-loud funny!—whether based on...
