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Laura Jacobs is an American novelist, journalist, and critic. Jacobs is a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal, where she reviews museum exhibitions on fashion. She was a staff writer at Vanity Fair from 1995 to 2018, where she wrote award-winning pieces for the magazine on the subjects of design, fashion, and the performing arts. In 2019, she became the Arts Intel Report editor for AIR MAIL, a weekly international digital newsletter co-edited by Graydon Carter and Alessandra Stanley. Background and education Laura Jacobs hails from Chicago, Illinois, and holds a B.A. in English Literature from Northwestern University. Works Jacobs's most recent book, published in 2018 [Basic Books] is Celestial Bodies: How to Look at Ballet. The Bird Catcher, her second novel, was published in June 2009, by St. Martin's Press. In July, 2010 Picador released a paperback edition. Her first novel, Women About Town, a Literary Guild selection, was published by Viking Press in 2002, with French and Polish editions, followed by a paperback from Penguin. Career Jacobs began writing at Vanity Fair in 1995, and produced award-winning pieces on design, fashion, and the performing arts. She has profiled the mid-century American designers Norman Norell, Charles James, Adrian, and Mainbocher, and has made a specialty of writing about iconic American women, including Emily Post, Gypsy Rose Lee, Lilly Pulitzer, Grace Kelly, Suzy Parker and Julia Child. Since 2012 Jacobs has reviewed fashion exhibitions in museums for The Wall Street Journal. She also contributes to the London Review of Books. Jacobs began writing dance criticism in Chicago at the Chicago Reader. She has written about dance for The Atlantic Monthly, and held dance critic posts at The Boston Phoenix and The New Leader. Since 1994, Jacobs has been the dance critic at The New Criterion. In 2006 a collection of her New Criterion essays -- Landscape with Moving Figures: A Decade on Dance—was published by Dance & Movement Press. From 1987 to 1995, Jacobs was the editor in chief of Stagebill, the national performing arts program magazine whose constituents included Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, theater in Chicago, and orchestras and opera companies around the country. During the late nineties, Jacobs wrote fashion criticism for both Modern Review and The New Republic. She collaborated with the fashion designer Geoffrey Beene on Beauty and the Beene (Abrams Books, 1999) and edited his last book, Beene by Beene (The Vendome Press, 2005). Personal Jacobs is a member of The Linnaean Society of New York. As a member of the Seaside Sparrows team, she has competed regularly in New Jersey Audubon's annual World Series of Birding. Jacobs is married to the writer James Wolcott, and lives in Washington Heights in New York City. References External links Official website. Discover the Laura Jacobs popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Laura Jacobs books.
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Lancashire Lass
Anna Jacobs'Another riveting book from Anna Jacobs' 5star reader reviewSeventeenyearold Liza is happy working as a lady's maid until her employers decide to emigrate and her father makes up...
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Die Zentrale
Veit EtzoldStell dir vor, du hast nur eine Wahl: das Richtige zu tun – oder zu überlebenIn »Die Zentrale«, dem 2. Teil von Veit Etzolds brillant recherchierten ThrillerReihe aus den Untiefen ...
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Fifty Hats that Changed the World
DESIGN MUSEUM ENTERPRISE LTDEverything around us is designed and the word 'design' has become part of our everyday experience. But how much do we know about it? Fifty Hats That Changed the World imparts that ...
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Die Filiale
Veit EtzoldEine junge Frau stellt sich gegen das System»Die Filiale« ist der erste Band von Veit Etzolds großer ThrillerReihe um Laura Jacobs, die als richtige Frau im falschen Job in einen m...
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Down Weavers Lane
Anna Jacobs'Best period book I have EVER read! 5star reader review'Emmy Carter's mother is a prostitute and her life has made Emmy determined to avoid the same fate. But Emmy is beautiful, ...
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Farewell to Lancashire
Anna JacobsAnna Jacobs has done it again, the book was riveting' 5star reader reviewCassandra Blake has raised her three motherless sisters. The girls are the pride of their bookloving, impr...
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The Inn On The Marsh
Lena KennedyTime alone would heal the sorrows of Hollinbury, bright dreams banish the old unhappy ghosts . . .The Malted Shovel, exuberant heart and soul of Hollinbury Hamlet, buzzed with talk...
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The Dandelion Seed
Lena KennedyLike a dandelion seed adrift on the wayward winds, Marcelle de la Strange is an innocent in the decadent and dangerous London of James I.When her mother's violent death leaves Marc...
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Kate of Clyve Shore
Lena KennedyBe careful what you wish for . . .Living in poverty in the Kentish marshes, young Kate dreams of a life of abundance and riches in the castle that towers over her village. So when ...
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Down Our Street
Lena Kennedy'A real EastEnd tale . . . brilliant!' 5STAR reader reviewGoldenhaired, sunnynatured Amy, youngest and dearest of Annie Flanagan's lively brood of thirteen, is the apple of her mo...
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Beyond the Sunset
Anna Jacobs'Enjoyed this book so much I didn't want it to end!!!' 5star reader reviewIn the untamed outback of Western Australia, the Blake sisters are together again despite what seemed lik...
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Calico Road
Anna Jacobs'This is one of the best books I've ever read' 5star reader reviewCalico Road runs through a tiny Lancashire hamlet up on the edge of the moors, miles from anywhere. Its folk are ...
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Der Konzern
Veit EtzoldEine junge Bankerin gegen die Strippenzieher der Finanzwelt:Im 3. Teil der brandaktuellen ThrillerReihe von BestsellerAutor Veit Etzold geht es um noch mehr Geld und noch dunklere ...
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Nelly Kelly
Lena KennedyLife never turns out the way you plan . . .In the turmoil and confusion of London's East End between the wars, young Nelly Kelly soon learns that life may never match her expectati...
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Lady Penelope
Lena KennedyA gripping story of romance, lovers and a life filled with intrigue . . .Warmhearted and wilful, her temper as fiery as her beautiful auburn hair, Lady Penelope is a romantic heroi...
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Fifty Bags that Changed the World
DESIGN MUSEUM ENTERPRISE LTDEverything around us is designed and the word 'design' has become part of our everyday experience. But how much do we know about it? Fifty Bags That Changed the World imparts that ...
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Lancashire Legacy
Anna Jacobs'I felt as if this book was my addiction . . . A truly remarkable author' 5star reader reviewAt eighteen, Cathie longs for more than life as a settler in the Australian bush. So w...