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Melissa Febos on Solitude as Creative Fuel

Melissa Febos on Solitude as Creative Fuel

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | September 29, 2025

Melissa Febos and Lydi Conklin Aren’t Afraid to Be Direct

Melissa Febos and Lydi Conklin Aren’t Afraid to Be Direct

In Conversation with Lena Crown on Awakeners

By awakeners | June 10, 2025

Melissa Febos on the Unexpected Joys, Discoveries, and Sexiness of Celibacy

Melissa Febos on the Unexpected Joys, Discoveries, and Sexiness of Celibacy

The Author of “The Dry Season” in Conversation with Sarah Viren

By Sarah Viren | June 4, 2025

Melissa Febos! Mike Tyson! Taylor Jenkins Reid! 26 new books out today.

Melissa Febos! Mike Tyson! Taylor Jenkins Reid! 26 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | June 3, 2025

From Michael Douglas to Bivalve Memoirs: 10 Great Nonfiction Books to Read in June

From Michael Douglas to Bivalve Memoirs: 10 Great Nonfiction Books to Read in June

Featuring Work by Jeremy Atherton Lin, Melissa Febos, Dana A. Williams, and More

By Literary Hub | June 2, 2025

How to Write a Good Sex Scene

How to Write a Good Sex Scene

25 Writers on the Hardest (Sorry) Literary Technique

By Emily Temple | February 11, 2025

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The 10 Best Formally Inventive Queer Memoirs 

By Catherine Habgood | November 4, 2024

The Catharsis of Writing About Sex in Memoir

By Minda Honey | October 5, 2023

Claire Dederer on Embracing Ambiguity and Writing for the Good Faith Reader

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | April 25, 2023

Writing Intimate Truths and Why Memoir Is a Force That’s Changing the Culture

Writing Intimate Truths and Why Memoir Is a Force That’s Changing the Culture

Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner">Ashley C. Ford and Melissa Febos Guest on the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | August 1, 2022

All Tomorrow’s Fables: How Do We Write About This Vanishing World?

All Tomorrow’s Fables: How Do We Write About This Vanishing World?

The World As We Knew It and New Kinds of Nature Writing">Daegan Miller on The World As We Knew It and New Kinds of Nature Writing

By Daegan Miller | June 16, 2022

Secrets of the Book Designer: On Typography, Painting, and Finding That Single Visual Moment

Secrets of the Book Designer: On Typography, Painting, and Finding That Single Visual Moment

Planes">Peter C. Baker and Linda Huang on Making the Cover for Planes

By Peter C. Baker | May 31, 2022

Thresholds">Endnotes on the World Around Us: Ross Gay, adrienne maree brown, and More Voices from <emThresholds">

Thresholds">Endnotes on the World Around Us: Ross Gay, adrienne maree brown, and More Voices from Thresholds

Hosted by Jordan Kisner

By Thresholds | May 4, 2022

15 great paperback books coming out this May.

15 great paperback books coming out this May.

By Katie Yee | May 3, 2022

The Annotated Nightstand: What Tajja Isen is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Tajja Isen is Reading Now and Next

A New (at Lit Hub) Series by Diana Arterian

By Diana Arterian | April 19, 2022

Melissa Febos on Writing About Sex

Melissa Febos on Writing About Sex

"A sex scene should advance a story."

By Melissa Febos | March 25, 2022

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