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Alice Robb

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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

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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

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Books

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  • Why We Dream: The Transformative Power of Our Nightly Journey (2018)
  • Don't Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet (2023)

Book reviews

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Year Review article Work(s) reviewed
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

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  1. ^ Kleinwaks, Lorraine (February 23, 2023). "Don't Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet". Enchanted Prose. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
  2. ^ "Alice Robb, Author at New Statesman".
  3. ^ Meyer, Lily (November 16, 2018). "'Why We Dream' Is A Spirited, Cogent Defense Of Dreams And Dream-Telling". NPR.
  4. ^ Hewitt, Sean (March 30, 2019). "Why We Dream review: Full of weird and fascinating insights". The Irish Times.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Schaye, Kimberly (March 14, 2023). "Ballet begins with a dream. Too often, it turns into a nightmare". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
  7. ^ "Alice Robb". Aevitas. Retrieved January 1, 2025.