This class is a book-club-style discussion of Sarah Curtis’s memoir about growing up as the daughter of musician Sonny Curtis of the Crickets. The first hour will be an open discussion led by the instructor, followed by a half-hour Q&A with the author in person. Instructor Katie Cortese, author of "Make Way for Her and Other Stories" and "Girl Power and Other Short-Short Stories," has work in journals such as Indiana Review, Blackbird, and Gulf Coast. She holds a Ph.D. from Florida State University and an MFA from Arizona State University. She teaches in the creative writing program at Texas Tech, where she also serves as faculty director of Texas Tech University Press and series editor of the Iron Horse Book Prize.