"The award-winning author of Girlhood returns with a revelatory chronicle of her year of celibacy and its transformative impact on her relationships -- to others, and to herself. In the wake of a catastrophic two-year relationship, Melissa Febos decided to take a break -- for thr...
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"In this bold and exhilarating mix of memoir and master class, Melissa Febos tackles the emotional, psychological and physical work of writing intimately while offering an utterly fresh examination of the storyteller's life and the questions which run through it. How might we go ...
"When her body began to change at eleven years old, Febos understood immediately that her meaning to other people had changed with it. By her teens, she defined herself based on these perceptions and by the romantic relationships she threw herself into headlong. Over time, Febos ...
"In her critically acclaimed memoir, Whip smart, Melissa Febos laid bare the intimate world of the professional dominatrix, turning an honest examination of her life into a lyrical study of power, desire, and fulfillment. In her dazzling Abandon me, Febos captures the intense bon...
As an undergraduate, Michele Filgate started writing an essay about being abused by her stepfather. It took her more than a decade to realize what she was actually trying to write: how this affected her relationship with her mother. When it was finally published, the essay went v...
"Sixty years ago, Helen Gurley Brown's Sex and the Single Girl sent shockwaves through the United States, selling more than two million copies in three weeks. Helen's message was radical for its time: marriage wasn't essential for women to lead rich, fulfilling lives. Now, in the...
Named One of the Best Books of the year by: Esquire , Refinery29 , LitHub , BookRiot , Medium, Electric Literature, The Brooklyn Rail, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Largehearted Boy , The Coil and The Cut . Winner of the Lambda Literary Jeanne Cordova Prize for Lesbi...