Kelly DiNardo's Reviews
Reviews of Kelly’s Work
Nov.16.2007
Published by Austin Chronicle
DiNardo successfully reintroduces a largely forgotten star, recounting her unbelievable life. For burlesque fans and aficionados of cultural history, Gilded Lili: Lili St. Cyr and...
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Oct.15.2007
Published by Booklist
Recent women's-studies interest in striptease has resuscitated the stars of the form during its mid-twentieth-century heyday, from Bettie Page to Gypsy Rose Lee. One of the...
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Nov.20.2007
Published by Library Journal
Freelance journalist DiNardo provides a fun romp through the dancer’s colorful life—the clubs she played, the men she loved, the court cases she faced—yet also analyzes St. Cyr’s...
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Dec.31.2007
Published by Publishers Weekly
Contemporary “stripper chic” and the “neo-burlesque movement” have spurred new interest in Lili St. Cyr, one of America's best-known postwar striptease artists, and this swift,...
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About Kelly
Kelly DiNardo is the author of Gilded Lili: Lili St. Cyr and the Striptease Mystique. She has contributed to publications including the Washington Post, USA Today, Glamour, Redbook and Woman's Day on such diverse topics as health, fitness, business, career,...