MELISSA FEBOS is the author of the memoir WHIP SMART, forthcoming from St. Martin’s Press in 2010. Her writing has been featured in The Southeast Review, Redivider, The Rambler, Storyscape Journal, Bitch Magazine, and Smut Magazine, among others. She co-curates and hosts the Mixer Reading and Music Series at Cake Shop, teaches at SUNY Purchase College, The Gotham Writers’ Workshop, and New York University, and holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. More information available at www.melissafebos.com.