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Melody Schreiber

Melody Schreiber is at work on a nonfiction anthology of premature birth. As a freelance journalist based in Washington, D.C., she has reported from nearly every continent. Her articles, essays, and reviews have been published by The Washington Post, Wired, The Guardian, The Atlantic, Pacific Standard, NPR, The Toast, Catapult, and others. She received her bachelor’s in English and linguistics at Georgetown University and her master’s in writing at the Johns Hopkins University. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @m_scribe.

The Perils and Pleasures of Reading Sex Scenes in Public

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The Perils and Pleasures of Reading Sex Scenes in Public

Halfway through a recent flight, I scrounged around in my carry-on and realized, with mounting horror, that I’d made a ...

No Context Given: Hilda and the Troll

(from Hilda and the Troll by Luke Pearson)

How to Travel with Comics

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How to Travel With Comics

Your tickets are booked, your passport is in hand, and your bags are all packed—except for the stack of comics ...

Things I’d Like to See in Jessica Jones, Season 2

Recently, Netflix announced that it would renew Jessica Jones, and I couldn’t be happier. Yet many fans like myself are ...

DAREDEVIL and Finding Comics Compatriots

It was a dark and stormy night. Rain slashed against the windows of my hostel, and inside I shivered against ...

Preparing for Snowpocalypse: A Reading List

Here in DC we’re gearing up for a monumental (GET IT?) snowstorm beginning on Friday. I’ve already begun preparing. What’s ...

Shop Talk: Fantom Comics

When I became a comics reader, I knew the deck was stacked against me. Nova Comics, the shop in my ...

5 Illustrated Guides to Being a Grown-Up

We here at Panels are taking some much needed time off; in the meantime, we’re revisiting some favorite old posts ...