Alice Robb
Appearance
Alice Robb (born 1992)[1] is an American writer. She regularly contributes book reviews to New Statesman.[2] Her first book Why We Dream is about the science of dreaming.[3][4][5] Her second book is the memoir Don't Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet, released in 2023.
Early life and education
[edit]Robb is from New York and was accepted to the School of American Ballet (SAB) in 2001, with aspirations to join the New York City Ballet (NYCB).[6] She graduated from the University of Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Archaeology and Anthropology.[7]
Bibliography
[edit]Books
[edit]- Why We Dream: The Transformative Power of Our Nightly Journey (2018)
- Don't Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet (2023)
Book reviews
[edit]Year | Review article | Work(s) reviewed |
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2020 | Robb, Alice (April 3–23, 2020). "The attention paradox". The Critics. Books. New Statesman. 149 (5514): 73, 75. | Schwartz, Casey. Attention : a love story. Ballantine Books. |
References
[edit]- ^ Kleinwaks, Lorraine (February 23, 2023). "Don't Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet". Enchanted Prose. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
- ^ "Alice Robb, Author at New Statesman".
- ^ Meyer, Lily (November 16, 2018). "'Why We Dream' Is A Spirited, Cogent Defense Of Dreams And Dream-Telling". NPR.
- ^ Hewitt, Sean (March 30, 2019). "Why We Dream review: Full of weird and fascinating insights". The Irish Times.
- ^ Chivers, Tom (March 22, 2019). "Why We Dream: The Science, Creativity and Transformative Power of Dreams by Alice Robb review — decoding messages from the land of nod". The Times.
- ^ Schaye, Kimberly (March 14, 2023). "Ballet begins with a dream. Too often, it turns into a nightmare". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
- ^ "Alice Robb". Aevitas. Retrieved January 1, 2025.