Electric Literature profiles Melissa and Erica Jong talking about 50 Shades of Grey, Electric Literature,
July 26, 2012


Melissa's curated Pride reading "Shameless" profiled, Capital New York, January 20, 2012

Bookstalked: Melissa Febos Bookstalker,
January 20, 2012


Interview: Melissa Febos, Electric Literature,
July 29, 2011


Strike, Dear Mistress, and Cure His Heart: A Conversation with Melissa Febos, Author of the book Whip Smart, for The Good American, July 2011

5 Questions, in Freerange Nonfiction, April 13, 2011

Melissa Febos, profile in Inked Magazine,
February 2011

Psychoanalysts Celebrate 100 Years in New
York City,
The Wall Street Journal covers Melissa as
guest speaker at the National Meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association, January 2011

Former Dominatrix Whips Writing Students into Shape, profile in New School Free Press, November 8, 2010

Melissa Febos Keeps the Smart inWhip Smart, feature interview in Sadie Magazine, September 2010

Exploring Narratives: Melissa Febos and Sara Marcus Talk Writing, interview in SMITH
Magazine,
October 1, 2010

MacDowell Colony: A Haven for Artists,
Animals,
profile in Conservation New Hampshire,
August 30, 2010

100 Women We Love, profile in GO Magazine,
June 17, 2010

Five New Queer Voices to Watch Out For,
profile in Lamda Literary, June 14, 2010

Visiting with Melissa Febos, feature in Hunger Mountain, 2010

Interview with Melissa Febos, author of the critically acclaimed memoir, "Whip Smart," interview in Drinking Diaries, May 5, 2010

Self-interview on The Nervous Breakdown,
self interview in The Nervous Breakdown, May 201


10 Things You Don't Know About My Life as
a Dominatrix,
editorial in Lemondrop, April 6, 2010


Frisky Q & A: Melissa Febos, Ex-Dominatrix
And Author Of “Whip Smart: A Memoir,”
interview in The Frisky, April 21, 2010


Purchase Professor Publishes Book, Detailing
Drug Addiction and Dominatrix Past,
profile
in The Purchase Brick, April 8, 2010


The Rumpus Interview with Melissa Febos, interview in The Rumpus, April 2, 2010

Domme and Dommer, profile in New York Press, March 31, 2010

Inside the Secret World of a Dominatrix,
interview for TIME Magazine, March 19, 2010

Melissa Febos--Former Dominatrix--Talks
Food Fetishes, Sexy Vegetarianism, and the
Allure of a Tube of Cookie Dough,
interview for
The Village Voice food blog, March 19, 2010


My Afternoon with a Dominatrix, profile in
The Daily Beast,
March 12, 2010


Whips, Chains and… Balloons? article in
The Brooklyn Eagle, March 4, 2010

Cape Dominatrix Writes Book, profile in Cape Cod Today,February 2010

Former Dominatrix Melissa Febos Can’t Drive Without Compulsively Imagining Her Own Bloody Dismemberment, interview in New York Magazine, Feb 26, 2010

My Life as a Midtown Dominatrix, cover story
and interview for the New York Post, Feb 24, 2010

‘Whip Smart’s’ Melissa Febos on Diets,
Dudes and Dominatrix-ing,
interview in Black
Book Magazine,
Feb 23, 2010


The Midtown Dominatrix/New School
Student,
profile in New York Magazine, Feb 21, 2010

Punishing Work: A Dominatrix Pens Memoir, interview for Marie Claire, Jan 26, 2010


Dominatrix Melissa Febos: Whip Smart, Serving Sex Slaves, review on ABCNews, August 8, 2011

Doing Drugs with Gary Indiana and Melissa Febos, review in Electric Literature, September 26,
2011


Locked Doors and Dungeons, review in AGNI,
August 10, 2010

Book Review: "Whip Smart" by Melissa Febos, review in Williamsburg Greenpoint News+Arts,
August 10, 2010


Review on Jigsaw Dust, August 4, 2010

Books by Five Fierce Women, review in The Huffington Post, July 10, 2010

Addicted to Control, review in MC Reviews:
Culture and the Media,
July 2, 2010


Looking for a Good Read? Try Whip, review
in Sadie Magazine, Fall/Winter 2010


Frisky Books: What Are We Reading This
Week?,
review in The Frisky, April 9, 2010


Cracking Wise: Melissa Febos' Whip Smart,
review in Elle Magazine, March 31, 2010


Newsweek compares Whip Smart to The Runaways,
When Sex Sells You Out,
March 19, 2010


The Not-So-Secret Diaries of a Dominatrix,
review in The Economist | More Intelligent Life,
March 16, 2010


Melissa Febos whips it good, review in
San Francisco Bay Guardian,
March 15, 2010


Review: Melissa Febos' 'Whip Smart'
describes her life as a dominatrix,
review by
The Associated Press, March 12, 2010


Melissa Febos' "Whip Smart", review in
The Baltimore Sun, March 8, 2010

Interview for Radio Dr. Gluss, July 24, 2011

Interview for Ep. 2: Other People Podcast (with Brad Listi),
September 26, 2011


Talk With Francesca, December 19, 2011

Video on ABCNews Now, August 4, 2011

Interview for The Positive Mind with Armand DiMele,
July 14, 2010

Interview for Tiempo Real in Bogota, Columbia,
July 6, 2010


Melissa Febos in-studio with Comical Radio,
May 28, 2010



Writers on Writings interview, May 26, 2010

"Whip Smart," Interview with KATU.com,
April 1, 2010

'Whip Smart': Memoirs Of A Dominatrix, interview for Fresh Air with Terry Gross, March 8, 2010

Female Domination Male Submissions, radio interview for Blog Talk Radio, Dec 13, 2009