Stanford's Public Humanities Initiative, and its flagship "What Is A Public Intellectual Today?" speaker series, invite you to a conversation with acclaimed author Melissa Febos. 

Melissa Febos is the author of four books, including the nationally bestselling essay collection, GIRLHOOD, which has been translated into seven languages and was a LAMBDA Literary Award finalist, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism, and named a notable book of 2021 by NPR, Time, The Washington Post, and others. Her craft book, BODY WORK (2022), was also a national bestseller, an LA Times Bestseller, and an Indie Next Pick. Her fifth book, The Dry Season, is forthcoming from Alfred. A. Knopf.

The recipient of a 2022 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, a 2022 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, and the Jeanne Córdova Nonfiction Award from LAMBDA Literary, Melissa's work has appeared in publications including The Paris Review, The New Yorker, The Sun, The Kenyon Review, Tin House, Granta, The Believer, McSweeney’s, The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, Elle, and Vogue. She is a four-time MacDowell fellow and has also received fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference, The Bogliasco Foundation, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Vermont Studio Center, and more. The recipient of an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, she is a full professor at the University of Iowa, where she teaches in the Nonfiction Writing Program. 

In this candid public interview, Febos will be joined by PubHum Associate Director for Student Programs Laura Goode, a lecturer in the Department of English and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. Febos and Goode will discuss elements of literary craft, ethics, and career. 

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