About this Event
Celebrate the launch of Christy Bailey's eagerly awaited memoir on May 3 - virtually or in person at Lighthouse Writers Workshop.
EVENT DETAILS
Lighthouse Writers Workshop (In Person)
3:00 - 5:00 PM
3844 York St, Denver, CO 80205
Virtual
3:30 - 5:00 PM
Link coming soon!
HEADSTRONG will publish on May 1, 2025. Paperback and hardcover books will be available via Amazon.com, and e-books will be available on all e-book platforms. Links coming soon!
PRAISE FOR HEADSTRONG
"This is a memoir for the soul—one woman's journey to find her true self inside her mirror. Battling self-doubt, a bad marriage, cultural expectations, and a body rejecting hair growth, Christy Bailey travels from North Carolina to Central America to Colorado in search of purpose and belonging, only to discover that her destination resides within. Headstrong redefines notions of femininity, strength, and liberation by showing us what it really means to be bald and beautiful. Christy's voice resonates with sass, grit, wisdom, and light. It will sing for decades to come."
—Harrison Candelaria Fletcher, author of Finding Querencia: Essays from In Between
"Christy Bailey's ferociously funny, luminously lucid Headstrong slaps shame in the face. From the end of her marriage (back before divorce was cool) to the loss of her hair from alopecia areata, and from North Carolina to Honduras, Bailey confronts the social expectations that bind women and, with candid humor and insight, unwraps them to reveal the unvarnished beauty of being truly seen and loved."
—Amy Monticello, author of How to Euthanize a Horse and The Routledge Introduction to American Life Writing
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Christy Bailey earned her MFA in creative writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She served in the Peace Corps in Honduras, traveled to nineteen countries, and taught at the University of Denver and Regis University.
She was hairless for twenty years.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Lighthouse Writers Workshop, 3844 York Street, Denver, United States
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