She places her phone on the tripod, presses record and steps back. Standing between the camera and a large mirror, she enjoys watching the doubling effect it creates. She starts to spin, her arms lifted, improvising the movement as she goes. For Miranda July, what matters is discovering what she doesn’t know. She moves back […]
Melissa Febos
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Melissa Febos talks ‘Girlhood’ and Iowa transitions ahead of Friday reading
In interviews, Melissa Febos is invariably asked about what it is like to be so open and honest in her writing. Little wonder, as her debut memoir from 2010, Whip Smart, details her former career as a professional dominatrix, and she has since written with the same fierce intimacy about relationships, sexuality and addiction. At […]
