OutBook Book Club

The OutBook Book Club is supported by The Palm Springs Cultural Center and the Palm Springs Public Library. Selections are chosen by group members and highlight a mix of new LGBTQ+ releases and influential classics.

OutBook meets on the first Wednesday of the month in the upstairs VIP room at the Palm Springs Cultural Center
from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. (PST). The book discussion starts at 7:00 p.m. (from 6:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. is a social mixer). To attend the OutBook Book Club on Zoom, please email book club coordinator Hubertus Zegers at hwzegers@gmail.com in advance of the meeting.

View other selections for the OutBook Book Club.

Most titles are available as Downloadable Audiobooks and/or eBooks from PSPL.

June 1, 2022

Outrageous Misfits by Brian Bradley

—Lights! Camera! Outrageous! Superstar female impersonator Craig Russell and the birth of drag on the international stage.

Together they were fun, fabulous, and eschewed convention. But behind the curtains, Craig and Lori's lives were troubled by their mental health, drug addiction, sexual assault, and abuse.

Through nearly one hundred interviews and extensive research, Outrageous Misfits reveals the life and legacy of one of the world's most popular female impersonators and his biggest fan.

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