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Written with Febos' characteristic precision, lyricism, and insight, Girlhood is a philosophical treatise, an anthem for women, and a searing study of the transitions into and away from girlhood, toward a chosen self.
Author: Melissa Febos
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 03/30/2021
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781635572520
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/30/2020
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2021
Booklist 02/01/2021 pg. 13
Library Journal 03/01/2021 pg. 84
Shelf Awareness 03/30/2021
About the Author
Melissa Febos is the author of the memoir Whip Smart and two essay collections: Abandon Me and Girlhood. The inaugural winner of the Jeanne Córdova Nonfiction Award from LAMBDA Literary and the recipient of fellowships from The MacDowell Colony, Bread Loaf, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, The BAU Institute, Vermont Studio Center, The Barbara Deming Foundation, and others; her essays have appeared in The Paris Review, The Believer, McSweeney's Quarterly, Granta, Sewanee Review, Tin House, The Sun, and The New York Times. She is an associate professor at the University of Iowa, where she teaches in the Nonfiction Writing Program.