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Are You Too Young to Teach Memoir

Are You Too Young to Teach Memoir? (BREVITY BLOG)

In "Are You Too Young to Teach Memoir?" published on August 7 in "Brevity Blog," Michele Cantos Garcia shares how curiosity and witnessing others' stories makes youth an asset in teaching memoir.

Michele Cantos Garcia

August 14, 2025
Brevity Blog

“Are You Too Young to Teach Memoir?”

by Michele Cantos Garcia

August 7, 2025

“And the reward for teaching? Well, this ‘young’ memoirist learned a thing or two about life, like how the search for love and romance doesn’t end once you meet Prince Charming, and may extend well into one’s third act. That writing memoir is about living to find the plot, and if we’re lucky, it will take us a lifetime.” 

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Michele teaches a six-week Memoir class with Project Write Now and will be leading our 2026 Memoir Incubator

Michele Cantos Garcia
Michele Cantos Garcia

<a href="https://bookinc.org/member/mcantos/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michele Cantos Garcia</a> is a writer and editor with experience in print and digital features, including profiles on U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and top Latina executives. Based in New Jersey, she is currently revising her memoir, "Reunion: An Immigrant Daughter Memoir," writing a novel, and teaching.

Michele Cantos Garcia is a writer and editor with experience in print and digital features, including profiles on U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and top Latina executives. Based in New Jersey, she is currently revising her memoir, "Reunion: An Immigrant Daughter Memoir," writing a novel, and teaching.