Alison Fensterstock

Nov 5, 2024 | shelf-awareness.com | John McMurtrie |Alison Fensterstock |Lucy Bellamy |Gemma Padley

Literary Journeys: Mapping Fictional Travels Across the World of LiteratureShare with friends:Permanent Link:In Literary Journeys: Mapping Fictional Travels Across the World of Literature John McMurtrie collects succinct, insightful discussions by literary critics, scholars, and other writers of literary fiction titles in which travel is a primary theme or narrative element.

Sep 9, 2024 | bookshop.org | Jewish Currents |Alison Fensterstock |Ann Powers |Performing Arts

Description Drawn from NPR Music's acclaimed, groundbreaking series Turning the Tables, the definitive book on the vital role of Women in Music--from Beyoncé to Odetta, Taylor Swift to Joan Baez, Joan Jett to Dolly Parton--featuring archival interviews, essays, photographs, and illustrations.

Aug 27, 2024 | nextbigideaclub.com | Ta-Nehisi Coates |Alison Fensterstock |Jessica Valenti |Dan Jones

I’m pleased to share what I consider the most promising, must-read nonfiction titles scheduled for release in October 2024. These titles join our group of nominees for Season 25 of the Next Big Idea Club (the first group was announced here, second here, third here, and fourth here). Our Next Big Idea Club curators—Susan Cain, Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, and Daniel Pink—will narrow the list down to a handful of finalists and, ultimately, two official season selections.

Jun 1, 2024 | 64parishes.org | Alison Fensterstock |Alexandra Kennon Shahin

At eighty-five, polymath artist Dickie Landry is getting used to the praise and recognition for his six-plus decades of work. But he makes it clear that, as far as he’s concerned, his career is no lofty pinnacle to gaze down from while collecting laurels. It’s a mountain he’s still happily climbing, while looking up. “Robert Plant said to me, ‘You had a great career,’” Landry remembered in a 2017 video interview, when he was all of seventy-nine. “I said, what do you mean, had?

Jun 1, 2024 | 64parishes.org | Alison Fensterstock |Alexandra Kennon Shahin

A perennially neat piece of legislative frivolity is the official state thing—Alabama has a state nut (the pecan), Florida has a state pie (Key lime, obviously), Maryland has a state crustacean (the blue crab), and Vermont has a state . . . sweetener (maple syrup). There are official state flowers, official state birds; Kool-Aid is Nebraska’s state soft drink, whereas milk is Nebraska’s state beverage.