Roberta Beach Jacobson   

Media coverage


Published reviews

The Pedestal Magazine, February 2007

by James Owens

... “Woman-in-a-Box" by Roberta Beach Jacobson tells the bitterly funny, wisely satirical story of a man who falls in love with a blow-up doll. ..

Books are Pretty blog, October 22, 2006

... The tales range from hilarious, from Roberta Beach Jacobson’s “Woman-in-a-Box,” the torrid, yet poignant love between a man and his blowup doll, to spooky ...


The Globe and Mail (Canada), June 7, 2003

by Victor Dwyer

... Some of the funniest stuff here plays to themes that seem embedded in the Euro-tour script, no matter the particular era or players involved. In a piece called Can You Find the Flusher?, Roberta Beach Jacobson ponders the inevitable challenges posed by distinct national systems of waste disposal. Her bottom-line advice, written after getting lost in the depths of a German toilet cubicle: "Don't panic, just explore. You'll get it." ...

ABC (Australia), April 29, 2003

by Emma Rodgers

... The first two chapters give you a pretty good idea of the types of blunders inexperienced travellers are drawn into. A particularly good example of this is written by Roberta Beach Jacobson who spent an inordinate amount of time trying to work out how to flush the toilet in a German toilet block. She adeptly describes her ignorance of the foreign ablution blocks: "The crowd out there must be getting annoyed. You can hear their impatient sighs. What have you been doing in there for so long?" ...


Published interviews

Media Bistro, September 17, 2007

by Jenny Rough

Write to Travel blog, July 12, 2007

by Liz Lewis

The Cat Fanciers' Association's Fanc-e-Mews, September 1, 2006

by Karen Lawrence

Buying a Property Greece (The Sunday Times Cadogan Guides, London), 2004

by Marc Dubin and Frank Kydonief
 

Books quoted in

How to Survive Your Marriage,by Hundreds of Heads, Yadin Kaufmann, and Lori Kaufmann (Hundreds of Heads
Survival Guides, 2006) 

How to Survive a Move, by Hundreds of Heads, Jamie Allen, and Kazz Regelman (Hundreds of Heads Survival Guides, 2005)

Make a Real Living as a Freelance Writer,by Jenna Glatzer (Nomad Press, 2004)

The Fabjob Guide to Become a Published Writer, by Sheila Seifert (Fabjob Guides, 2004)

Markets Are Waiting for Your Articles and Stories, by Niki Taylor (SelfHelpGuides.com, 2003)

The Book of Aspirations, by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (U.N., 2000)

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