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Melissa Febos

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AWP 2017 Offsite Event: WRITE TOGETHER, FIGHT TOGETHER

  • Rumpus Events
  • December 13, 2016
Barrelhouse, Catapult, Lit Hub, and The Rumpus are proud to present WRITE TOGETHER, FIGHT TOGETHER, an AWP 2017 offsite event!
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Where We Go from Here

  • Elissa Bassist
  • November 18, 2016
Warrior up! Begin with small actions, like donating or volunteering, if you're able.
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AWP 2016 Offsite Event: PICK YOUR POISON—Selling Out Fast!

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  • March 28, 2016
The Rumpus and Rare Bird proudly present…  Pick Your Poison With readings by: Cornelius Eady, Melissa Febos, Rich Ferguson, Erika Krouse, Anna March, and J. Ryan Stradal!
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Notable NYC: 12/12–12/18

  • Ian MacAllen
  • December 12, 2015
Saturday 12/12: Diana Hamilton and Steve McCaffery join the Segue series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Many people read Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol. Housing Works, 1 p.m., free. Brian…
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The Rumpus and Electric Literature Present: It’s Too Cold for This!

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  • November 6, 2015
The Rumpus and Electric Literature are excited to present IT'S TOO COLD FOR THIS, a holiday reading!
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Notable NYC: 2/15–2/21

  • Ian MacAllen
  • February 15, 2014
Saturday 2/15: Luna Miguel, Jacob Steinberg, and Gabby Bess read poetry. Mellow Pages, 7 p.m., free. Sunday 2/16: Stephen Elliott and Julia Fierro join Gina Frangello as she reads from…
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Goodbye to…Earth-Shattering Sex?

  • Dawn Pier
  • December 9, 2013
The Atlantic gave the Rumpus’s own Sari Botton, Melissa Febos, Mira Ptacin, and Cheryl Strayed a chance to delve deeper into their contributions to the anthology “Goodbye to All That: Writers on…
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The Rumpus Interview with Sari Botton

  • Melissa Febos
  • October 14, 2013
We sit down with Sari Botton, long-time Rumpus contributor and author of our "Conversations with Writers Braver Than Me" column, to talk about her new anthology, Goodbye To All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving New York, and more.
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Conversations With Writers Braver Than Me: Melissa Febos

  • Sari Botton
  • February 11, 2013
In Whip Smart, Melissa Febos unflinchingly chronicles five years in her early twenties when she was a dominatrix and heroin user. But the book is about so much more than those details.
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The Next Letter in the Mail: Melissa Febos

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  • January 25, 2013
The next Letter in the Mail, going out this coming Wednesday, is from Melissa Febos. Melissa Febos is the author of the memoir Whip Smart (St. Martin’s Press/2010), which chronicles the four…
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A Crisis of Hands

  • Pat Johnson
  • December 11, 2012
One of life’s many struggles is learning to become comfortable with your body–a body you didn’t choose. We’ve all looked in the mirror and wanted to change something. For Rumpus contributor…
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Process Talk

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • May 31, 2012
At Bomblog, writer Melissa Febos and musician Kathleen Hanna discuss the creative process, collaboration versus doing it alone, writing about sex work, nasty online commenters, and more. “Even while I…
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