We read memoir, in part, because we want to enter a different world. But as a memoirist how you can you effectively conger that world and do so without slowing story? How how does that exterior world reflect the interior? Through in-class exercises and close reading of published works, by Jesmyn Ward, Sonali Deraniyagala, Edmund White, among others, we will explore how setting can develop the tone of a piece, reveal character, lifestyle, and even point of view.