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SUMMARY:Author Night at Hubbell Library: Alison Fensterstock
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DESCRIPTION:This definitive history of womenâ€™s vital role in music 
 features archival interviews\, essays\, photographs\, and illustrations fr
 om over fifty years of NPR's coverage of musical heroes and creators..\nht
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The NPR series <em>Turning the Tables</em>
 \, launched in 2017\, revolutionized recognition of female artists\, wheth
 er it be in best album lists or in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.</p>\n<p
 ><em>How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History from NPR Music&nbsp\;</
 em>brings this impressive reshaping to the page and includes material from
  more than fifty years of NPR&rsquo\;s coverage plus newly commissioned wo
 rk. A must-have for music fans\, songwriters\, feminist historians\, and t
 hose interested in how artists think and work. Featured artists include th
 e following:&nbsp\;</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joan Baez talking about nonviolence as 
 a musical principle in 1971</li>\n<li>Dolly Parton&rsquo\;s favorite song 
 and the story behind it&nbsp\;</li>\n<li>Patti Smith describing art as her
  &ldquo\;jealous mistress&rdquo\; in 1974</li>\n<li>Nina Simone\, in 2001\
 , explaining how she developed the edge in her voice as a tool against rac
 ism</li>\n<li>Taylor Swift talking about when she had no idea if her music
 al career might work</li>\n<li>Odetta on how shifting from classical music
  to folk allowed her to express her fury over Jim Crow</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Ali
 son Fensterstock&nbsp\;is a New Orleans-based writer and editor. An alumna
  of Newcomb College\, she has served as music critic for the&nbsp\;<em>Gam
 bit</em>&nbsp\;and the&nbsp\;<em>Times-Picayune</em>&nbsp\;and as founding
  program director for the Ponderosa Stomp roots-music festival\, working o
 n educational and archival efforts with partners including the Louisiana S
 tate Museum\, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame\, and Lincoln Center for the 
 Performing Arts.&nbsp\;A contributor to NPR Music since 2016\, she&rsquo\;
 s written and edited for&nbsp\;<em>Turning the Tables</em>&nbsp\;and appea
 red on NPR programs including&nbsp\;<em>All Things Considered</em>\,&nbsp\
 ;<em>World Caf&eacute\;\,</em>&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;<em>Word of Mouth</em>. Her
  writing about popular music and culture has appeared in&nbsp\;<em>Rolling
  Stone</em>\, the&nbsp\;<em>New York Times</em>\, the&nbsp\;<em>Oxford Ame
 rican\,</em>&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;<em>MOJO</em>\, among others.</p>\n<p><em>Spo
 nsored by Friends of Hubbell Library</em></p>\nhttps://neworleans.libnet.i
 nfo/event/13446183
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