Our Search for Sanctuary
At its best, home provides us with a refuge
from the speed and stress of modern life.
Our story of home is the story of our age-old quest for community and belonging, reflecting our loves, our losses, and our core beliefs.
Join me as I explore the importance of home to literary icons Herman Melville, Jane Austen, Marcel Proust, and Virginia Woolf.
Consider the dance of order and chaos in the home, the role of ancient household gods and rituals, and the intrusion of AI into our private spaces.
Learn how compatibility in the kitchen predicts the success of marriages and relationships, how music heals us, and how creativity is fostered by the household cat.
Consider how our sense of home is impacted by climate change and the politics of divisiveness. And use each chapter's journal exercises to chart your own memories of home.
Coming in 2026
About our memoir classes
Home is bigger than four walls. We can find it in art and literature, in the natural world, and in friendship and community. Anyplace the heart soars. This four-part class combines writing prompts and in-depth conversation about our longing for home and sanctuary.