Gypsy: The Art of the Tease by Rachel Shteir

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By Cathleen Medwick
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the March 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Cathleen Medwick reviews Gypsy: The Art of the Tease by Rachel Shteir, a biography of Gypsy Rose Lee, the "Dorothy Parker of Undressing."

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