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Alice Robb

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

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

Books

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

Book reviews

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

  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.
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