6 rows · · Melissa Febos is the author of the memoir Whip Smart. Her essays have appeared in Tin House, Brand: Bloomsbury USA. “Abandon Me is an assemblage of lyric essays as intellectually sophisticated as they are emotionally stirring; a series of unflinching reflections and honest accounts of transformation that Febos refuses to let pass without scrutiny Febos complicates the human desire for connection with explorations in philosophy, psychology, and accounts of historical repression that seduce readers into inhabiting her . In her dazzling Abandon Me, Febos captures the intense bonds of love and the need for connection - with family, lovers, and oneself. First, her birth father, who left her with only an inheritance of addiction and Native American blood, its meaning a mystery.
I had great expectations for Melissa Febos' Abandon Me, since another of my favorite authors called it a "masterpiece." I stayed with her writing until the end, but I was underwhelmed. Febos' writes beautifully about her family and relationships, then delves into seemingly arbritrary textbook-like lectures about ships or Native American folklore. Abandon Me Quotes Showing of "Our favorite stories can be like lovers. Make sense to me, we ask them. Make sense of me. Here, fix these hurting parts. And stories do, sometimes better than our lovers.". ― Melissa Febos, Abandon Me: Memoirs. 12 likes. Like. In her critically acclaimed memoir, Whip Smart, Melissa Febos laid bare the intimate world of the professional dominatrix, turning an honest examination of her life into a lyrical study of power, desire, and fulfillment. In her dazzling Abandon Me, Febos captures the intense bonds of love and the need for connection -- with family, lovers, and.
Melissa Febos is the author of the memoir Whip Smart. Her essays have appeared in Tin House. A Review of Melissa Febos’ Abandon Me. Living as a blend of Native American, Puerto Rican, gay, and European, Melissa Febos knows that the chance to tell her story is a hard-won privilege. The identity she deconstructs in her latest memoir is built on proximity, history, and the behaviors residing in her blood. Do the worst thing to me I can imagine. And I will save myself with story. Melissa Febos, author of critically acclaimed memoir, Whip Smart (Macmillan, ), about her life as a dominatrix and an addict, and now the memoir, Abandon Me, about love, family legacy, literature, and loss, is a gorgeously lyrical and insightful writer.
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