artists TALK
Conversations with creatives whose work has a lasting impact on how we think about craft, and how we approach the world at large.
In Conversation with Krys Malcolm Belc – Part II
Krys Malcolm Belc is the author of the memoirs The Natural Mother of the Child (Counterpoint, 2021) and What I Made for Dinner (Catapult, forthcoming 2026). His essays about queer and trans family life have been in Harper’s Bazaar, Granta, The Rumpus, Electric Literature, and elsewhere. Krys is a certified preK-12 special education teacher and has worked with children, teens, and young adults in public school and pediatric hospital settings. He received his BA from Swarthmore College, his MEd in Special Education from Arcadia University, and his MFA in Creative Writing from Northern Michigan University. Since 2020, Krys has been the memoir editor of Split Lip Magazine. Krys has taught creative writing classes on memoir, lyric essay, and flash essay in the community and at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He is currently the Edelstein-Keller Writer in Residence at the University of Minnesota and lives in Saint Paul with his partner and their four children.
In Conversation with Melissa Febos
Melissa Febos is the author of five books, including the national bestselling essay collection, GIRLHOOD, which has been translated into ten languages and won the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism. Her craft book, BODY WORK (2022), was also a national bestseller and an LA Times Bestseller. A new memoir, The Dry Season, was published by Alfred. A. Knopf in June 2025.
In Conversation with Edgar Gomez
Edgar Gomez (all pronouns) is a Florida-born writer with roots in Nicaragua and Puerto Rico. A graduate of University of California, Riverside’s MFA program, his words have appeared in The LA Times, Poets & Writers, Lithub, The Rumpus, and beyond. His debut memoir, High-Risk Homosexual, was called a “breath of fresh air” by The New York Times; named a Best Book of 2022 by Publisher’s Weekly, Buzzfeed, and Electric Literature; and received a 2023 American Book Award, a Stonewall Israel-Fishman Nonfiction Book Honor Award, and the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Memoir. Gomez’s second book, a darkly-comic memoir about growing up poor in early 2000’s Florida titled Alligator Tears, will be out in 2025 from Crown. His work has been supported by The New York Foundation for the Arts and the Black Mountain Institute. He lives between New York and Puerto Rico. Find him across social media @OtroEdgarGomez.
in conversation with mj corey
mj corey is a Brooklyn-based psychotherapist and writer. She earned graduate degrees in Creative Nonfiction and Counseling Psychology from Columbia University in 2014 and 2016, respectively. She is best known for authoring Kardashian Kolloquium on TikTok and Instagram, where she applies media theory and postmodern frameworks to the Kardashian family. Her Kar-Jenner culture writing has been featured by Refinery29, Paper Magazine, and The New Yorker, among many others. She also maintains a recap column about the family’s reality show with Vogue Magazine, and a personal substack called DeKonstructing the Kardashians. mj has been interviewed by Vulture, NPR, the Daily Dot, The Hollywood Reporter, Slate, Nylon, i-D, Polyester Zine, ABC Radio Sydney, and Rolling Stone, and she has spoken about her academic approach to pop culture at Parsons School of Design, George Washington University, and University of Pennsylvania. Her work has also been featured at the Museum of Modern Art. In addition to her Kardashian work, she collaborates on a blog called Infinity of Lists with her friend Nimay Ndolo, and a web series called Between Two Salads with her sister, Marie.
