Alison Lurie
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Alison Lurie is the author of two collections of essays on children’s literature, Don’t Tell the Grownups and Boys and Girls Forever. She is a former professor of English at Cornell and has published nine novels, of which the most recent is Truth and Consequences. (May 2008)
From the Review
May 1, 2008: The Girl in the Tower
Petrosinella: A Neapolitan Rapunzel retold and illustrated by Diane Stanley
Golden: A Retelling of "Rapunzel" by Cameron Dokey
Rapunzel by Barbara Rogasky, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
Letters from Rapunzel by Sara Lewis Holmes
Sugar Cane: A Caribbean Rapunzel by Patricia Storace, illustrated by Raúl Colón
Barbie as Rapunzel by Merry North
Rapunzel: A Groovy Fairy Tale by Lynn Roberts, illustrated by David Roberts
The Tower Room by Adèle Geras
Zel by Donna Jo Napoli
September 27, 2007: Pottery
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix a film directed by David Yates, based on the book by J.K. Rowling
March 15, 2007: When Is a Building Beautiful?
The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton
The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton
How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton
The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton
Household Gods: The British and Their Possessions by Deborah Cohen
The Romantic Movement: Sex, Shopping and the Novel by Alain de Botton
December 21, 2006: The Lamp in the Mausoleum
The View from Castle Rock: Stories by Alice Munro
Carried Away: A Selection of Stories by Alice Munro, with an introduction by Margaret Atwood
Alice Munro: Writing Her Lives: A Biography by Robert Thacker
Lives of Mothers and Daughters: Growing Up with Alice Munro by Sheila Munro
August 10, 2006: Barbara Epstein (1928–2006)
February 9, 2006: The Passion of C.S. Lewis
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe a film directed by Andrew Adamson
The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C.S. Lewis by Alan Jacobs
Revisiting Narnia: Fantasy, Myth and Religionin C.S. Lewis' Chronicles edited by Shanna Caughey
November 3, 2005: Liberated Girls
Little Women, Little Men, Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott
December 16, 2004: The Royal Family
The Story of Babar by Jean de Brunhoff
The Travels of Babar by Jean de Brunhoff
Babar the King by Jean de Brunhoff
Babar's Visit to Bird Island by Laurent de Brunhoff
Babar's Picnic by Laurent de Brunhoff
Babar and Zephir by Jean de Brunhoff
Babar Comes to America by Laurent de Brunhoff
Babar Visits Another Planet by Laurent de Brunhoff
Babar's Mystery by Laurent de Brunhoff
The Art of Babar by Nicholas Fox Weber
The Empire's Old Clothes: What the Lone Ranger, Babar, and Other Innocent Heroes Do to Our Minds by Ariel Dorfman
Animal Land: The Creatures of Children's Fiction by Margaret Blount
Bonhomme by Laurent de Brunhoff
Babar's Museum of Art by Laurent de Brunhoff
The Rescue of Babar by Laurent de Brunhoff
Babar's Battle by Laurent de Brunhoff
Babar's Little Girl Makes a Friend by Laurent de Brunhoff
Babar and the Ghost by Laurent de Brunhoff
Should We Burn Babar? Essays on Children's Literature and the Power of Stories by Herbert Kohl
Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff: The Legacy of Babar by Ann Meinzen Hildebrand
Babar and the Wully-Wully by Laurent de Brunhoff
Babar Loses His Crown by Laurent de Brunhoff
August 12, 2004: 'The Good Bad Boy' (letter)
June 24, 2004: The Good Bad Boy
July 17, 2003: God's Houses Part II
Cistercian Europe: Architecture of Contemplation by Terryl N. Kinder
America's Religious Architecture: Sacred Places for Every Community by Marilyn J. Chiat
Architecture for the Gods by Michael J. Crosbie
Houses of God: Region, Religion, and Architecture in the United States by Peter W. Williams
Building from Belief: Advance, Retreat, and Compromise in the Remaking of Catholic Church Architecture by Michael E. DeSanctis
When Church Became Theatre: The Transformation of Evangelical Architecture and Worship in Nineteenth-Century America by Jeanne Halgren Kilde
The New Religious Image of Urban America: The Shopping Mall as Ceremonial Center by Ira G. Zepp Jr
Ugly as Sin: Why They Changed Our Churches from Sacred Places to Meeting Spaces—and How We Can Change Them Back Again by Michael S. Rose
Re-Pitching the Tent: Reordering the Church Building for Worship and Mission by Richard Giles
Sacred Architecture by Caroline Humphrey and Piers Vitebsky
July 3, 2003: God's Houses
Building from Belief: Advance, Retreat, and Compromise in the Remaking of Catholic Church Architecture by Michael E. DeSanctis
Houses of God: Region, Religion, and Architecture in the United States by Peter W. Williams
When Church Became Theatre: The Transformation of Evangelical Architecture and Worship in Nineteenth-Century America by Jeanne Halgren Kilde
Sacred Architecture by Caroline Humphrey and Piers Vitebsky
Wooden Churches: A Celebration with an introduction by Rick Bragg
February 13, 2003: Statement for Peace (letter)
August 9, 2001: The Underduckling
Hans Christian Andersen: The Life of a Storyteller Jackie Wullschlager
March 8, 2001: Messages from the Spirits
December 21, 2000: The Oddness of Oz
June 29, 2000: 'Lovely Ballerina' (letter)
May 25, 2000: On Edward Gorey (1925–2000)
December 16, 1999: Not for Muggles
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
October 23, 1997: Bothered and Bewildered
Witches and Neighbors: The Social and Cultural Context of European Witchcraft by Robin Briggs
The Witch in History: Early Modern and Twentieth-Century Representations by Diane Purkiss
December 21, 1995: Opening the Box of Delights
A Book of Discoveries by John Masefield
Martin Hyde: The Duke's Messenger by John Masefield
Jim Davis by John Masefield
The Midnight Folk by John Masefield, illustrated by Quentin Blake
The Box of Delights: When the Wolves Were Running by John Masefield, illustrated by Quentin Blake
March 23, 1995: On James Merrill (1926–1995)
March 2, 1995: She Had It All
Little Women A film directed by Gillian Armstrong
Little Women, or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy Holt, Knopf, Little, Brown, Macmillan, Oxford University Press, Penguin, Puffin, Random House, Scholastic, Simon and, Schuster, and Viking Penguin by Louisa May Alcott
Little Women by Laurie Lawlor, based on the screenplay by Robin Swicord, from the novel by Lousia May Alcott
April 7, 1994: Leaving the Door Ajar
Imagination of the Heart: The Life of Walter de la Mare by Theresa Whistler
December 16, 1993: Cootie Power
The People in the Playground by Iona Opie
Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School by Barrie Thorne
December 17, 1992: Undiscovered Country
Comet in Moominland by Tove Jansson, translated by Elizabeth Portch
Finn Family Moomintroll by Tove Jansson, translated by Elizabeth Portch
Moominsummer Madness by Tove Jansson, translated by Thomas Warburton
Moominland Midwinter by Tove Jansson, translated by Thomas Warburton
April 25, 1991: A Fine Romance
December 20, 1990: The Cabinet of Dr. Seuss
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
Horton Hatches the Egg
McElligot's Pool
Bartholomew and the Oobleck
Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
If I Ran the Zoo
Horton Hears a Who
On Beyond Zebra!
If I Ran the Circus
The Cat in the Hat
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today!
The Lorax
The Butter Battle Book
You're Only Old Once!
Oh, the Places You'll Go!
November 23, 1989: A Dictionary for Deconstructors
November 24, 1988: The Frog Prince
Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor
Leaving Home by Garrison Keillor
Happy to Be Here by Garrison Keillor
A Prairie Home Companion Folk Song Book by Marcia Pankake, by Jon Pankake, with a foreword by Garrison Keillor
May 12, 1988: The Woman Who Rode Away
Trust Me: Short Stories by John Updike
S. by John Updike
February 18, 1988: Underground Artist
A Game of Dark
Salt River Times
Max's Dream
A Parcel of Trees
While the Bell Rings
Underground Alley
Earthfasts
Winter Quarters
June 11, 1987: True Confessions
How I Grew by Mary McCarthy
December 19, 1985: Bad Housekeeping
The Good Terrorist by Doris Lessing
The Diaries of Jane Somers: The Diary of a Good Neighbour & If the Old Could… by Doris Lessing
October 24, 1985: Life's Greatest Hits
The Singing Game by Iona Opie, by Peter Opie
October 25, 1984: Riding the Wave of the Future
The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit
The Last of the Dragons by E. Nesbit
The Railway Children by E. Nesbit
The Story of the Amulet by E. Nesbit
Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
The Phoenix and the Carpet by E. Nesbit
June 30, 1983: The Ratushinskaya Case (letter)
June 2, 1983: Skin Deep
American Beauty by Lois W. Banner
Skin to Skin: Eroticism in Dress by Prudence Glynn
March 18, 1982: The World of the Pied Piper
Kate Greenaway: A Biography by Rodney Engen
October 22, 1981: Sex and Fashion
October 11, 1979: Boycott Taba (letter)
March 8, 1979: Braking for Elves
The World Guide to Gnomes, Fairies, Elves, and Other Little People by Thomas Keightley
A Field Guide to the Little People by Nancy Arrowsmith, by George Moore
Gnomes by Wil Huygen, with illustrations by Rien Poortvliet
Faeries described and illustrated by Brian Froud, by Alan Lee, edited and designed by David Larkin
The Fairies in Tradition and Literature by Katharine Briggs
The Vanishing People: Fairy Lore and Legends by Katharine Briggs
An Encyclopedia of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies and Other Supernatural Creatures by Katharine Briggs
Fairy Tales and After: From Snow White to E.B. White by Roger Sale
December 7, 1978: From Rags to Rags
The Woman's Dress for Success Book by John T. Molloy
Seeing Through Clothes by Anne Hollander
In Fashion: Dress in the Twentieth Century by Prudence Glynn, illustrated by Madeleine Ginsburg
Mirror, Mirror: A Social History of Fashion by Michael Batterberry, by Ariane Batterberry
Avedon: Photographs 1947-1977 with an essay by Harold Brodkey
June 15, 1978: Release Ngugi (letter)
March 23, 1978: To the Sideshow
Animals and Men: Their Relationship as Reflected in Western Art from Prehistory to the Present Day by Kenneth Clark
Freaks: Myths and Images of the Secret Self by Leslie Fiedler
A Fiedler Reader by Leslie Fiedler
November 24, 1977: The Round Table in Ruins
The Book of Merlyn: The Unpublished Conclusion to "The Once and Future King" by T.H. White, prologue by Sylvia Townsend Warner, illustrations by Trevor Stubley
November 25, 1976: The Dress Code
On Human Finery by Quentin Bell
Dress and Society, 1560-1970 by Geoffrey Squire
Hollywood Costume—Glamour! Glitter! Romance! by Dale McConathy, with Diana Vreeland
December 11, 1975: A Tail of Terror
June 12, 1975: The Power of Smokey
Shardik by Richard Adams
February 6, 1975: The Boy Who Couldn't Grow Up
November 28, 1974: Happy Endings
Waiting for the Party: The Life of Frances Hodgson Burnett by Ann Thwaite
April 18, 1974: The Fate of the Munchkins
The Annotated Wizard of Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by W.W. Denslow, with an introduction, notes, and bibliography by Michael Patrick Hearn
June 14, 1973: Wise-Women
The Summer Before the Dark by Doris Lessing
The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch
December 14, 1972: Good Children's Books!
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl, illustrated by Joseph Schindelman
The Tenth Life of Osiris Oaks by Wally Cox, by Everett Greenbaum, illustrated by F.A. Fitzgerald
The Little Broomstick by Mary Stewart, illustrated by Shirley Hughes
A Castle of Bone by Penelope Farmer
The House of Wings by Betsy Byars, illustrated by Daniel Schwartz
No Way of Telling by Emma Smith
Goldengrove by Jill Paton Walsh
Friday and Robinson by Michel Tournier, illustrated by David Stone Martin
Once Upon a Time, the Fairy Tale World of Arthur Rackham edited by Margery Darrell
The Light Princess by George MacDonald, illustrated by Maurice Sendak
The Golden Key by George MacDonald, illustrated by Maurice Sendak
December 2, 1971: Witches and Fairies: Fitzgerald to Updike
December 17, 1970: Fairy Tale Liberation
December 15, 1966: Intellect and Non-Violence
December 9, 1965: Consumers' Report
June 1, 1963: Early Powell
What's Become of Waring? by Anthony Powell
From New York Review Books
 | Lolly Willowes In Lolly Willowes, Sylvia Townsend Warner tells of an aging spinster's struggle to break way from her controlling family—a classic story that she treats with cool feminist intelligence, while adding a dimension of the supernatural and strange. |
Books by Alison Lurie
Familiar spirits: a Memoir of James Merrill and David Jackson (2001)
Don't Tell the Grown-Ups: The Subversive Power of Children's Literature (1998)
The Last Resort: A Novel (1998)
Women and Ghosts (1994)
The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales (1993)
Yahase Huts (1988)
The Truth About Lorin Jones: A Novel (1988)
Foreign Affairs (1984)
Fabulous Beasts (1981)
The Language of Clothes (1981)
Clever Gretchen and Other Forgotten Folktales (1980)
Only Children (1979)
The War Between the Tates (1974)
Real People (1969)
Imaginary Friends (1967)
The Nowhere City (1965)
Love and Friendship (1962)