Melissa Febos is the national bestselling author of five books, including Girlhood, Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative, and a new memoir, The Dry Season. She is the recipient of awards and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and others. Her work has appeared in The Paris Review, The New Yorker, The Best American Essays and others. She is a professor at the University of Iowa.
How To Rewrite Your Story, Make Peace with the Past, and Break Old Patterns | Melissa Febos
Practical ways to upgrade your narrative.
Jan 09, 2026
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