How I Became the Dancing Queen of Palm Springs
How I Became the Dancing Queen of Palm Springs

Author: Jill Langham

Publisher:

Published: 2018-02-14

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9781983540851

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"The Dancing Queen of Palm Springs" is at its heart a coming of age story although not in the typical genre. Yes there are stories about my childhood and yes, there are also many more stories from my life as I grew and progressed. But "Dancing Queen" is really about how I came fully into the persona I now am. Like all coming of age tales it encapsulates the past as a precursor to the present but "Dancing Queen" expresses the joy, contentment, and fulfillment that I have come to enjoy as a fully formed, adult woman. I offer it as both a cautionary tale and a joyous gift to all of my Palm Springs Family and to anyone else who has ever struggled to become their authentic self.

Artful Truths
Artful Truths

Author: Helena de Bres

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2021-09-10

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 022679394X

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Offers a philosophical perspective on the nature and value of writing a memoir. Artful Truths offers a concise guide to the fundamental philosophical questions that arise when writing a literary work about your own life. Bringing a philosopher’s perspective to a general audience, Helena de Bres addresses what a memoir is, how the genre relates to fiction, memoirists’ responsibilities to their readers and subjects, and the question of why to write a memoir at all. Along the way, she delves into a wide range of philosophical issues, including the nature of the self, the limits of knowledge, the idea of truth, the obligations of friendship, the relationship between morality and art, and the question of what makes a life meaningful. Written in a clear and conversational style, it offers a resource for those who write, teach, and study memoirs, as well as those who love to read them. With a combination of literary and philosophical knowledge, de Bres takes the many challenges directed at memoirists seriously, while ultimately standing in defense of a genre that, for all its perplexities—and maybe partly because of them—continually proves to be both beloved and valuable.

Palm Springs Confidential
Palm Springs Confidential

Author: Howard Johns

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9781569802694

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A star-studded guided tour of Palm Springs, California, where some of Hollywood's best-loved movie stars have lived and died. It lifts the lid on the secret lives of the rich and famous individuals who have resided in this world-renowned tourist resort during the last century.

All the Ghosts Dance Free
All the Ghosts Dance Free

Author: Terry Baldwin

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2015-10-13

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 1631528238

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A sweeping exploration of beginnings and endings, loss and letting go, All the Ghosts Dance Free takes readers on a journey through author Terry Cameron Baldwin’s life: from her childhood in a privileged but unstable enclave on the coast of Southern California, through her adolescence in Palm Springs and coming of age in San Francisco at the height of the sixties psychedelic revolution, and ultimately to her life as an ex-pat in Mexico. Struggling to deal with the death of her parents, as well as questions about her own mortality, Baldwin embarks upon a pilgrimage to a small town in Morocco—where, she finds, all of the ghosts dance free.

Dancing Queen
Dancing Queen

Author: Lisa Carver

Publisher: Owl Books

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 9780805043921

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The cult magazine editor describes her impressions of popular culture phenomena, including Tonya Harding, beauty parlors, plastic surgery, and romance novels

Von
Von

Author: Richard Koszarski

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 0879109548

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As a revised edition of Koszarski's The Man You Loved to Hate, this biography takes into account information unearthed by researchers in France and Austria that had previously been ignored. This material enables the biography to bring the pioneering film director into sharper focus.

Isadora, the Dancing Queen
Isadora, the Dancing Queen

Author: Jimena Durán

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780998504773

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Inspired by the life of Isadora Duncan, often considered the creator of contemporary dance - 'She dreamed of dancing freely, in harmony with nature. Isadora realized she was different, but she was brave enough to be herself. She was determined to follow her heart and nothing could undermine her will to dance.'

Queen City Memoirs
Queen City Memoirs

Author: John Bendt

Publisher: Page Publishing Inc

Published: 2023-07-13

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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"Not everything is what it appears to be," John Benedict, a gay man, learns the hard way after moving to youth and beauty-obsessed Southern California. He hopes to find love after the breakup of his eleven-year relationship but wonders, At forty years old, is it too late for me? A fun, carefree life as a writer with new friends, country western dancing, and romance is soon shattered when a love-triangle betrayal along with financial disaster lead to life-changing consequences. Several men come and go in his life, each bringing their lessons. He loves fearlessly, always searching for spiritual answers and happiness, along the way finding out that he has a lot of growing up to do. John struggles against sex and relationship addiction and works hard to heal himself while building a new life. But disillusioned by go-nowhere dates, painful traps, and abortive relationships, he makes a choice to stop looking for love but instead revels in the single life of sex clubs and party drugs. Though independent and living life to the fullest, he eventually realizes that something is missing. Will he ever find lasting love and the elusive healthy relationship he has been longing for? Queen City Memoirs is a chronicle of our times around the turn of the twenty-first century and beyond. It is set against the backdrop of the history of same-sex marriage--from an impossible dream, through a growing global consciousness, then culminating in 2008 when gays and lesbians were at last able to marry in California, only to have our civil rights voted away.