About Melissa Febos: Melissa Febos is an American writer and former dominatrix. She is the author of Whip Smart (2010), a memoir of her work as a professional dominatrix while she was studying at The New School.
Such is the disconcerting miracle of good acting; at its best it implicitly challenges our faith in who we are, who anyone is.
Back and forth from Brooklyn to Manhattan. New York at night, from its bridges, is a miracle. When I first came to the city, it took all my fantasies and set them on fire, turned them into flickering constellations of light. Then it did the same with...