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Body work : the radical power of personal narrative / Melissa Febos.
Van Pelt Library PE1479.A88 F42 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Febos, Melissa, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Febos, Melissa.
- Autobiography--Authorship.
- Autobiography.
- Authors, American--21st century--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- Women authors, American--21st century--Biography.
- Women authors, American.
- Genre:
- Biography.
- essays.
- Biographies.
- Essays.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 171 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Catapult, [2022]
- Summary:
- Drawing on her own experiences, the author of the critically acclaimed memoir "Whip Smart" discusses how to confront the emotional, psychological, and physical work of writing about our most intimate lives.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. In Praise of Navel-Gazing
- 2. Mind Fuck: Writing Better Sex
- 3. A Big Shitty Party: Six Parables of Writing About Other People
- 4. The Return: The Art of Confession.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-171).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781646220854
- 1646220854
- OCLC:
- 1302358942
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