Melissa Febos

Melissa Febos (b. September 28, 1980) is an American writer and ex-dominatrix.^[1] She is the author of Whip Smart (2010), a critically acclaimed memoir of her work as a professional dominatrix while she was studying at The New School.^[2][3][4][5] The work resulted in a front-page appearance on the cover of the New York Post, and a feature interview on NPR's radio program Fresh Air with Terry Gross. Febos also contributes to The New York Times, Hunger Mountain, Dissent, The Southeast Review, Redivider, The Rambler, The Huffington Post, Bitch Magazine and The Chronicle of Higher Education.^[6]

Life

Febos grew up in Falmouth, Massachusetts. She left home at sixteen after passing the GED, moved to Boston, and work at an assortment of jobs including as a boatyard hand and as a chambermaid. She attended night courses at Harvard, then enrolled in The New School and moved to New York City in August, 1999. She later earned an MFA at Sarah Lawrence College.^[6]

Febos is the co-curator, with Rebecca Keith, of the monthly Mixer Reading and Music series on the Lower East Side.^[7] She has taught at SUNY Purchase College, the Gotham Writers' Workshop, The New School, Sarah Lawrence College, New York University, and Utica College.

External links

• Melissa Febos' Homepage

References

1. ^ Rohin Guha. ‘Whip Smart’’s Melissa Febos on Diets, Dudes and Dominatrix-ing, Black Book Mag, Feb 23, 2010
2. ^ Alyssa Fetini Friday, Inside the Secret World of a Dominatrix, Time Magazine, March 19, 2010
3. ^ Susannah Cahalan, A fine line between pleasure and pain, The Daily Telegraph February 27, 2010.
4. ^ Alicia Rancilio, Melissa Febos' `Whip Smart' describes her life as a dominatrix, Washington Examiner, March 12, 2010
5. ^ Dave Rosenthal. Melissa Febos' Whip Smart, The Baltimore Sun, March 8, 2010
6. ^ ^{a b} 'Whip Smart': Memoirs Of A Dominatrix, NPR, March 8, 2010. Interview
7. ^ "Rebecca Keith - The Rumpus.net". The Rumpus. http://therumpus.net/author/rebecca-keith/. Retrieved 29 July 2011. 

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