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The Almost Dancer

Jessica Ribera

Climbing canyon walls in Texas, young Jessica dreams of becoming a real ballerina.Hours, auditions, and bloody toes later, she finds herself dancing professionally as a trainee of the Pacific Northwest Ballet. Then one moment on stage sends her spinning. A memoir rich with vulnerability, humor, and...

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The Moth

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The Moth

The hosts highlighted the ballet memoir as a therapeutic account of the author's journey to rediscover herself as an artist, noting that it was newly available and stocked in bookstores. They mentioned the title in the context of its release rather than providing a detailed endorsement.

Episode: Some Kind of Wonderful: Jessica Ribera and Dean Ru...

Jessica Ribera's memoir was mentioned as being in bookstores at the time of the podcast recording.

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Her memoir The Almost Dancer is in bookstores now.

Episode: The Moth Podcast: Putting on our Dancing Shoes

Jessica Ribera's ballet memoir was highlighted as being available, reflecting her journey and the therapeutic writing she did about rediscovering herself as an artist.

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Her ballet memoir, The Almost Dancer, is available now.

I wrote therapeutically about the process of rediscovering myself as an artist and eventually organized it all into a book.

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