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Penelope Rowlands is an Anglo-American author and journalist who received international attention for her 2005 biography, ''A Dash of Daring: Carmel Snow and Her Life in Fashion, Art, and Letters'', about the Irish-born editor-in-chief of ''Harper's Bazaar'', Carmel Snow. ''Dash'' was credited with resurrecting a noteworthy career and reputation that had been widely forgotten.〔 International Herald Tribune, retrieved 26 September 2013〕〔, retrieved 26 September 2013〕〔 The Independent (UK), retrieved 26 September 2013〕 == Writing career == After ''A Dash of Daring'' was published, Rowlands was the subject of media attention in both the U.S. and Europe. In the United Kingdom, BBC Radio 4 credited her with having "revived Snow's legacy." After Rowlands discussed Carmel Snow's legacy in a live 2006 interview with Martha Kearny on Radio 4's ''Woman's Hour'', ''Dash'' was featured across Great Britain as a 'Notable Book' at Waterstone's, then the second-largest British bookselling chain. Other European publications that ran articles on the book include ''La Repubblica'' and ''The Irish Times''.〔O'Byrne, Robert, "A Native Magazine Maven" http://www.irishtimes.com/news/a-native-magazine-maven-1.1042176 retrieved 2 October 2014〕 ''Dashs American press coverage included a full-page review in the ''New York Times Book Review'';〔http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/04/books/review/04horyn.html?_r=0, retrieved May 10.2014〕 an extensive cover story in ''Time Off'', a weekly arts and entertainment supplement included with the ''Princeton Packet'' and other newspapers in the Packet chain;〔"In Vogue at Harper's Bazaar: Legendary Fashionista Carmel Snow Comes to Life in Penelope Rowlands' Dash of Daring" 23 December 2005 - 1 January 2006 Time Off, retrieved 5 October 2013〕 and a multipage feature article in the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' about Rowlands and the book. The ''Chronicle'' article was subheaded "A new book captures a largely forgotten trend-setter's time", a reference to the fact that, although Snow discovered and / or fostered the reputations of numerous artistic figures - including photographers (Richard Avedon, Henri Cartier-Bresson); writers (Truman Capote, Carson McCullers); fashion designers (Cristobal Balenciaga, Christian Dior); and others - in the pages of her ''Bazaar'', her reputation was eclipsed by Diana Vreeland, one of her most famous hires. Avedon interpreted this phenomenon to Rowlands in an interview for the book: "It's because Vreeland lasted. () was older, right? Much older, and she faded before stardom became the thing. There weren't stars in her day. Fashion people weren't stars. Carmel was the only star there was."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A Dash of Daring - Carmel Snow and Her Life In Fashion, Art, and Letters By Penelope Rowlands )〕 First serial rights to ''Dash'' were sold to ''Vogue'', which excerpted the book in its September 2005 issue—an unexpected occurrence, given that Snow was long associated with a rival fashion magazine. UK first serial rights to ''Dash'' were sold to British ''Harper's Bazaar'' for its January 2006 issue. Rowlands's latest book ''The Beatles Are Here! 50 Years After the Band Arrived in America, Writers, Musicians, and Other Fans Remember,'' was published to coincide with the anniversary of the group's arrival in the US.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Algonquin Books )〕 ''The Beatles!'' documents the impact of the group's arrival - a major cultural event - in texts and interviews of those who witnessed it (or were influenced by the band later on). In a segment on NBC's ''The Today Show'' (which also featured Ringo Starr), Rowlands described the experience of Beatlemania as being "crystallized in this moment. It was like being part of a big movement. We ''mattered''."〔"50 Years of The Beatles," The Today Show: http://www.today.com/id/49063771/ns/today-today_video/#54191090 Retrieved 28 January 2014〕 The origin of this book was a 1964 article in the ''New York Times'', written by Gay Talese and accompanied by a photograph of a screaming Rowlands with four other girls, an image that became iconic and was published around the world. The book's contributors include the disc jockey "Cousin Brucie," AKA Bruce Morrow; such writers as Joe Queenan, Pico Iyer, Lisa See, and others; Rowlands and three of the other girls in the original photograph (who found each other again (the photo ) decades after it was taken); and musicians Janis Ian, Gabriel Kahane, Renée Fleming, and others. Reviewers praised the book -- James Wolcott described it in ''Vanity Fair'' magazine as "A goody bag of tributes and recollections,"〔James Wolcott, ''Vanity Fair'' (December 2013) http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/12/beatles-books-british-invasion, retrieved 1 April 2014〕 while the music critic of ''The Boston Globe'', James Reed, called it "One of the more fascinating new books on the Fab Four’s impact." 〔James Reed, 50 Years After Beatlemania, a Look at a Year of Change, ''The Boston Globe'' (8 February 2014) http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2014/02/08/years-after-beatlemania-look-year-change/kjL0HHrvP7KUJQXWDmROBJ/story.html retrieved 1 April 2014〕 Rowlands's other books include the 2011 anthology, ''Paris Was Ours,'' which looked at the transformative effect the French capital has had on a disparate, international group of contemporary writers, including Edmund White, Diane Johnson, the Cuban novelist Zoé Valdés, Judith Thurman, and Rowlands herself. The book received notice in part for its multicultural approach—its contributors included the Iraqi-born Assyrian editor Samuel Shimon and a homeless French blogger. ''Paris Was Ours'' was chosen as the January 2011, Book of the Month by ''National Geographic Traveler'' magazine. Reviewers praised the book for its complex view of the City of Light. Rowlands discussed ''Paris Was Ours'' somewhat ambiguous view of Paris, and her own experiences in that city, in an interview with Mike Cuthbert of AARP'S Prime Time Radio. Rowlands's journalistic work includes articles on cultural subjects written for publications such as ''Vogue'', ''WSJ'' magazine, ''The Daily Beast'', and others. She has been a contributing writer to ''Architectural Digest'' and a contributing editor to ''ARTnews'' and ''Metropolis'' magazines. She is currently working on a biographical work about Aaron Burr's later years. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Penelope Rowlands」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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