48. How Can Writing Help Me Process and Cherish Life? With Melissa Febos

Author Melissa Febos has consistently flipped the literary
paradigm. Her memoirs chronicling her time as a dominatrix and
her musings on relationships and female adolescence have
challenged traditional notions of memoir writing. Melissa tells
Claire about her process for writing intimately and honestly
about trauma, desire, and other life experiences. She also talks
about her latest book, Body Work, which invites readers to grasp
the radical power of writing your personal narrative. 


 


Resources from the show


Check out Melissa’s latest book Body Work: The Radical Power
of Personal Narrative

Read Melissa’s essay, The Heart-Work: Writing About Trauma as
a Subversive Act, in Poets & Writers




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