Press/Journalism

Press Coverage

Print/Online

New York Times – The Most Popular Writer You’ve Never Heard Of
Washington Post – Elsie who? At one time, millions read Elsie Robinson’s columns
Wall Street Journal – ‘Listen, World!’ Review: Hear Her Roar
USA Today – 5 new books you need to read
San Francisco Chronicle – Vivid biography brings pioneering San Francisco journalist Elsie Robinson to life
Washington Independent Review of Books – Meet an early-20th-century feminist who blazed her own trail
Times Literary Supplement – Cut out the caution! The female journalist who conquered America
Alta Journal – The Unsinkable Elsie Robinson
MSNBC – She was once America’s ‘most-read woman.’ Today, she has largely been forgotten
Lit Hub – On the Meteoric Rise of “Aunt Elsie,” Beloved Newswoman and Children’s Columnist
NiemanReports – How One Journalist Became the 20th Century’s Most-Read Woman
Wall Street Journal – Sole Survivors: Adult Orphans Preserve, Adapt Traditions
CNN – Leaving behind a digital legacy for loved ones
Washington Post – When her daughter died, she turned to exercise to quell her grief
Today Show – If you’re having a really bad day, 7 mind tricks can help turn it around
Today Show – How I’m keeping my dad’s memory alive this Father’s Day
Real Simple – 6 Ways to Celebrate Mother’s Day If Your Mom Has Passed
CNN – How Celebrating Deceased Loved Ones Can Make You Happier
People Magazine – Passed and Present Feature
GretchenRubin.com – What’s a Critical Habit for Happiness? Remembering the People We Miss Most.
Yahoo! Parenting – My Late Father’s Secret Changed the Way I Parent
Modern Loss – Motherless Daughters on the Road
Psychology Today – Filling the Holes Left by Absent Grandparents
The Atlantic – What Happens When Parents Have No Parents
Redbook – MomCentric
Reader’s Digest – Parenting Without Your Parents
Good Housekeeping – My Mother Died Before My Baby Was Born, But My Daughter Will Still Know Her
New York Times – Becoming My Grandmother
New York Times – Parents without Parents
Journal News – Raising kids Without Own Parents’ Support
HuffPost – Why Family Names Are Central for Parentless Parents
Journal News – A Mother’s Legacy
Los Angeles Daily News – Being a Parentless Parent
New York Times – Circle of Solace for Those Without Parents
The Sacramento Bee – Missing Mom & Dad
Journal News – Losing Both Parents
CNN – Journalist and survivor: The rules blurred on 9/11
HuffPost – Why I’m Giving It All to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum
Westchester Magazine – 9/11 Survivor Allison Gilbert On The New September 11 Museum And Covering Catastrophe
The Daily Beast – How 9/11 Made Journalists Part of the Story
House Beautiful – How Do You Ask Your Grandmother to Leave You Her Antiques?

Radio and Podcasts

NPR’s Here & Now: ‘Listen World!’ profiles Elsie Robinson, the most well-read woman you’ve probably never heard of
NPR’s 1A: The Writers’ Room: Preserving women’s histories
Lit Hub – Elsie Robinson, the Most Popular American Woman Writer You’ve Never Heard Of
Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books – This book should be a movie – Listen, World!
A Mighty Blaze – The first biography of Elsie Robinson, an intrepid reporter who became the highest-paid woman writer at Hearst
WCBS Author Talks – A conversation about Listen, World!
KQED – The U.S. Faces a ‘Grief Crisis’ Resulting from the Pandemic
The Takeaway – From Angelina Jolie to Me: Facing The Risk of Cancer
WCBS – New documentary explores the events of 9/11 from the eyes of reporters

TV

CBS Sunday Morning – Listen, World!
EXTRA – Listen, World!
WFLD – Passed and Present
WCCO – Passed and Present
Bay Area Focus – Passed and Present
EXTRA – Passed and Present
MSNBC – Angelina Jolie Double Masectomy
CNN – Parentless Parents
Fox News – Parentless Parents
CNN – Parentless Parents
WCBS – Parentless Parents
CNN – Always Too Soon
HuffPost – Covering Catastrophe
The Early Show – Covering Catastrophe
EXTRA – Covering Catastrophe

Webinars/Online Conversations

Allison Gilbert’s “Passed and Present” monthly conversation series (Featuring guests such as Gretchen Rubin, Zibby Owens, Dr. BJ Miller, and more)
National Women’s History Museum – A conversation with literary agent Laura Mazer
National Press Club Journalism Institute – Women’s voices in the news, then and now
Authors Guild – From Manuscript to Marketplace
See more videos on Allison’s YouTube channel

Journalism

CNN – Opinion: A woman who composed the first draft of history finds herself written out of the history books
Women’s Media Center – Women in History Still Ignored in US Schools
Bust: 10 Biographies On Grief and The Human Experience
New York Times – The Grief Crisis Is Coming
New York Times – Pandemic Grandparenting, Beyond the Dreary Video Calls
New York Times – How New York Changed After the Worst Tragedy Too Few Remember
New York Times – Rejecting the Name My Parents Chose
New York Times – Gilding the Gutters
Option B – Transitioning from passive mourning to active remembering is key to building resilience after loss
Maria Shriver – 5 Ways Spring Cleaning Can Help You Build Resilience After Loss
Oprah – Why Looking at a Photo Can Ease Loneliness and Grief
CNN – How celebrating deceased loved ones can make you happier
CNN – What I share with Angelina Jolie
The Daily Beast – Motherless Daughters and Parentless Parents Trek to the Andes to Aid Orphans
CNN – Journalist and survivor: The rules blurred on 9/11
The Daily Beast – How 9/11 Made Journalists Part of the Story
CNN – Foods every breast cancer survivor should know about
New York Times – BRCA Test, Vital for Me, Shouldn’t Be Limited

Cancer Prevention Series on HuffPost

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Allison Gilbert is a writer and champion of women’s untold stories. Her latest book, Listen, World!, is the first biography of American columnist Elsie Robinson (1883-1956), published by Seal Press, an imprint of Hachette Book Group.

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