Unveiling Desire and Deprivation: Inside Melissa Febos’ Provocative Year Without Sex
Febos weaves her research effortlessly into her narrative, a process I witnessed up close during her Story Studio Chicago lecture on researched memoirs last summer. Paragraphs effortlessly elide from personal narrative to historical context, enriching her text in ways that engage the reader without veering into the lifelessness some know from academic writing. All Febos writes about is in service to her narrative, in service to the personal growth each page of The Dry Season bears witness to.
