Archive - Third Thoughts

Publication Day

The day my first book published, I sat in my apartment, lightly sweating, waiting for something to happen.

Jun 3

May 2025

Chosen vs unchosen, chronic, tattoos

May 5

October 2024

the difference between writing and publishing

Oct 22, 2024

August 2024

Nothing is Gayer than My Love for Women's Basketball

sports fandom and the erotic

Aug 7, 2024

October 2023

Bad News Boyfriend

Nightmares, exiles, addicts, and old friends.

Oct 9, 2023

March 2022

My craft book, Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative, will be published tomorrow.

Mar 14, 2022

January 2022

The Horse is Me

Yesterday, I felt a twitch in my leg, and the rest of the afternoon was a wash.

Jan 18, 2022

May 2021

Really feel something

May 4, 2021

March 2021

Mar 29, 2021

Dogs in Doorways

Yesterday afternoon, I got on the phone with a friend and we both stepped away from our computers and went for a walk in our respective…

Mar 12, 2021

December 2020

Hi, it's been a while, & Girlhood

Dec 21, 2020

November 2020

News & Musings.

Welcome to Third Thoughts, a very occasional newsletter by me, Melissa Febos.

Nov 14, 2020

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