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Memoir Writing Faculty
Kimberlee Auerbach is the author of the memoir The Devil, the Lovers & Me (Dutton), which is based on her one-woman show. She has performed her comedic monologues throughout New York City, competed in the Moth GrandSLAM Storytelling Championships, and appeared on such radio shows as Sex, Success and Sensibility with Candace Bushnell and Wake-Up with Cosmo. She has taught at Mediabistro and the Bank Street College of Education. She holds a BA from SUNY Purchase. Also Teaches:  Creative Writing 101   Humor Writing  
Cheryl Burke has published nonfiction and poetry in publications such as Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution (Seal Press), The Milk of Almonds: Italian American Women Writers on Food & Culture (Feminist Press), Ping Pong, and BLOOM. She holds a BFA from NYU and an MFA in Nonfiction from the New School.

Kelly Caldwell has written for New York Newsday, TimeOut New York, House Beautiful, and Men's Health. One of her essays was named a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2001 and selected for the anthology If These Walls Could Talk: Thoughts of Home. She has worked with student writers at the Extension School of Harvard University. She holds a BJ from the University of Missouri and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University. Also Teaches:  Article Writing   Creative Writing 101   Personal Essay Writing  
Marie Carter is the author of the memoir The Trapeze Diaries (Hanging Loose Press). Her work has been published in the Brooklyn Rail, Bloom, Spectacle, Turntable + Bluelight, and in the anthology Best Creative Nonfiction (W.W. Norton). She serves as associate editor of Hanging Loose Press, where she has edited the anthologies Word Jig and Voices of the City. She holds an MA in English Literature from Edinburgh University.
Christen Clifford has published nonfiction in Salon, nerve, New York Press, Evergreen Review, Apokalypsa, SALT, Smith Magazine, Bambini, Black and White, Blue, and the anthologies Everything You Know About Sex is Wrong and The Masters. She is the writer/performer of the solo shows Baby Love and 17 Guys. She holds a BA from NYU and an MFA in Nonfiction from The New School.
Elizabeth Cohen is the author of the memoir The Family On Beartown Road (Random House), and co-author of the nonfiction book The Scalpel and the Silver Bear (Bantam). Her essays, articles, and poetry have appeared in Newsweek, People, the New York Times Magazine, Yale Review, Northwest Review, Glamour, Parenting, Rolling Stone and Family Circle. She has taught at Binghamton University, University of New Mexico, the New School for Social Research, and Western Connecticut State University. She holds a BA from University of New Mexico, an MA in Documentary Filmmaking from Temple University, and an MFA in Poetry from Columbia University.
Kerry Cohen is the author of the memoir Loose Girl (Hyperion) and the young adult novels Easy (Simon & Schuster), The Good Girl and It's Not You, It's Me (Delacorte). She has taught at Clark College, Mt. Hood Community College, and City University in Vancouver, Washington. She holds a BA from Clark University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Oregon.
Katherine Dykstra is in the anthology 20 Something Essays by 20 Something Writers (Random House). She serves as an editor at Guernica and a contributing writer for the New York Post. Her nonfiction has appeared in New York, Allure, TimeOut New York, Redbook, Fodor’s Travel Guides, Weekend, the Independent Film and Video Monthly, and Ironminds. She holds a BA from the University of Missouri and an MFA in Nonfiction from the New School University.
Janice Erlbaum is the author of the memoirs Girlbomb (Villard), and Have You Found Her (Villard). She is a columnist for Bust magazine, and her essays, fiction, and poetry have appeared in New York Press, Interview, PAPER, and McSweeneys Internet Tendency. She holds a BA from Hunter College and an MA in English/Writing from NYU.
Melissa Febos is the author of the memoir Whip Smart (St. Martins Press). Her fiction and essays have been published in The Southeast Review, Redivider, Storyscape Journal, Artisan, Italics Mine, Bitch Magazine, Smut Magazine and Lostwriters.net, and her articles have been published in Cape Cod Life Magazine, GO Magazine, Citysearch, and Summerguide. She has taught at SUNY, Purchase and Hofstra University. She holds a BLA from the New School and an MFA in Nonfiction from Sarah Lawrence College.
Shahnaz Habib has published fiction and nonfiction in the anthologies Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers (Random House) and 21 Under 40 (Zubaan). She is a regular contributor to the New Yorker online, the Guardian blogs, and Of Note magazine. She holds a BA from Mahatma Gandhi University, and MA in English Literature from the University of Delhi, and an MA in Media Studies from the New School. Also Teaches:  Creative Writing 101   Nonfiction 101   Write It Right!  
Scott LaCounte is the author of the humor memoir Quiet, Please (Da Capo Books). He has published humor pieces in McSweeney's, The Door, Campus Life, Morning News, Pacific Review, and Orange County Register. He holds a BA from California State University, Fullerton, and an MLIS in Library Science from San Jose State University. Also Teaches:  Creative Writing 101   Humor Writing  
Kyle Minor is the author of the short story collection In the Devil's Territory (Dzanc Books) and editor of The Other Chekhov (New American Press). He has published fiction and nonfiction in the Gettysburg Review, Southern Review, Mid-American Review, and in the anthologies Best American Mystery Stories 2008 (Houghton Mifflin) and Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers (Random House). His work has been honored in the pages of the Atlantic Monthly and Writer's Digest. He has taught at Ohio State, Antioch, and Capital Universities, and the University of Toledo. He holds a BA from Anderson University, an MA in Creative Writing from Antioch, and an MFA in Creative Writing from Ohio State. Also Teaches:  Fiction Writing  
Nan Mooney is the author of the memoir My Racing Heart: The Passionate World of Thoroughbreds and the Track (HarperCollins), and the nonfiction books (Not) Keeping Up With Our Parents (Beacon Press) and I Can't Believe She Did That: Why Women Betray Other Women at Work (St. Martin's Press). Her work has also appeared in such publications as the Washington Post, the New York Daily News, Slate, the Seattle Weekly, and Hamptons Jitney Magazine. She holds a BA from Scripps College.
Emily Rapp is the author of the memoir Poster Child (Bloomsbury). Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Cimarron Review, Clackamas Literary Review, Silent Voices, Terminus, The Sun, Texas Observer, Segue, and StoryQuarterly. She has received awards and recognition from the Atlantic Monthly, StoryQuarterly, the Mary Roberts Rinehart Foundation, the Jentel Arts Foundation, and she is the recipient of a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award. She has taught at Antioch University Los Angeles, Bucknell University, the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, and the Provincetown Adult Education Program. She is a Fulbright scholar and holds a BA from Saint Olaf College, an MTS from Harvard University, and an MFA in Fiction and Poetry from the University of Texas.
Martha Schulman has published fiction and nonfiction in the The Seattle Review, The Beacon Street Review, Gulf Stream, Jewish Currents, The Kings English and the 2003 Bridport Prize Anthology. She has taught at Columbia University and is a writing tutor and humanities instructor at The Cooper Union. She holds an AB from the University of Chicago, an MAT from Brown University, and an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University.
David Seigerman is co-author of the nonfiction book Take Your Eye Off the Ball (Triumph Books). He has served as managing editor of College Sports Television as well as a field producer at CNN-Sports Illustrated, senior writer at College Sports Magazine, and sports reporter/columnist at Newsday and the Jackson Sun. His freelance work has appeared on ESPN and in many newspapers and magazines. He co-produced and co-wrote the documentary film, The Warrior Ethos: The Experience and Tradition of Boxing at West Point. He holds a BA from Ithaca College. Also Teaches:  Article Writing   Creative Writing 101   Nonfiction 101   Writing Documentary Films  
Ana Maria Spagna is the author of the memoirs Test Ride on the Sunnyland Bus (University of Nebraska Press) and Now Go Home: Wilderness, Belonging, and the Crosscut Saw (OSU Press), named one of the Best Books of 2004 by The Seattle Times. She has published personal essays in Orion, Utne Reader, Backpacker, Oregon Quarterly, and in the anthology Best Essays NW. She holds a BA from the University of Oregon and an MA in Fiction from Northern Arizona University.
Cullen Thomas is the author of the memoir Brother One Cell (Viking). His work has also appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post, Salon, World Hum, Current Biography, and Penthouse. He holds a BA from Binghamton University. Also Teaches:  Nonfiction 101  
Alexis Wolff has published nonfiction in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the London Sunday Telegraph, WorldHum, Brain Child, Transitions Abroad and Abroad View. She has contributed to the following books: Best Women's Travel Writing 2008, A Women's World Again, and The Insider's Guide to the Colleges. She has taught at Elite Educational Institute in South Korea. She holds a BA from Yale University and an MFA in Nonfiction Writing from Columbia University. Also Teaches:  Nonfiction 101  

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