'Body Work' argues for the power of personal narratives
Melissa Febos' book in itself is an example of the strength of personal narrative; it's also an argument for how such narratives inevitably create space for community as well as a freer self.
"I do not think that the vocation of writer is superior to any other," writes Melissa Febos in her newest essay collection, "but I do believe it is the most useful life for me, the one in which I can most be of service to this questionable project of human civilization."
Although the essays in what is arguably her latest act of service to that questionable project — are all personal narratives themselves (as opposed to straight-up craft essays with clear s and s for and
