In honor of women’s history month, Can’t Stop the Grrrls! Come for the foreword by Meshell Ndegeocello and stay for the afterword by Amy Ray. Oh, and I wrote some stuff in the middle.

Thanks for posting about my book ⁦Eric Alper 🎧⁩ ‘Taking Funny Music Seriously’ by Lily E. Hirsch Explores the Art and Impact of Musical Comedy | That Eric Alper thatericalper.com/2025/02/09/tak…

Explore our roundup of reads on the remarkable women who persisted in breaking seemingly impenetrable barriers in music, sports, art, and history in a world dominated by men. ➡️ ow.ly/P6fG50V76xK

My forthcoming book is up on the publisher’s page if anyone wants to check it out! bloomsbury.com/us/nowhere-to-…

It was so great talking to Eric Alper 🎧 !

Easy! Jessica Fletcher!

At 12pmET/9amPT Eric Alper 🎧's Show is on #SiriusXM 167! This week: actor/author/podcaster Ione Skye, Lily E. Hirsch on her book Taking Funny Music Seriously, Steve Matteo * Act Naturally: The Beatles on Film on The Beatles on Film, and more! Listen on the #SiriusXM app: siriusxm.ca/ThatEricAlpers…

How’s it going over here? Is there still the possibility of silly engagement? My test question: Anyone have any weird mismatches in their lives? Like I’m named after the Lily flower and love the big Easter Lily types but I’m allergic to them!

At 2pmET/11amPT Eric Alper 🎧's Show is on #SiriusXM 167! This week: actor/author/podcaster Ione Skye, Lily E. Hirsch on her book Taking Funny Music Seriously, Steve Matteo * Act Naturally: The Beatles on Film on The Beatles on Film, and more! Listen on the #SiriusXM app: siriusxm.ca/ThatEricAlpers…

I’m getting political today in Newsweek newsweek.com/white-lotus-fe…

This is so so funny! Just perfect!!!

Today, my daughter took her English teacher a lemon with a label that says “apple.” #Aprilfoolsday2025

My 14-year-old daughter is planning to write in, hoping, with an argument about gender equality, she’ll be able to fight ⁦John Mulaney⁩ too! Dream big, girls!!! John Mulaney Invites Teen Boys to Fight Him on 'Everybody's Live' rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-m…

I wrote something about Tom Lehrer for the Indiana University Press blog. iupress.org/connect/blog/h…

Angela Lansbury and Bea Arthur were friends and then some—two Broadway legends who sang “Bosom Buddies” together in Mame and then remained close as they both in separate ways upended norms around women and aging in television. My friends and I mostly just drink coffee together🤣

Coming soon: bloomsbury.com/us/nowhere-to-…

New book out this month! It has interviews with Michael Horton and Debbie Zipp aka Grady and Donna, Carla Singer, Tim Benzie and a bunch of other fabulous people. I am also so thankful for some amazing blurbs, including ones from Seth Rudetsky he/him and Gordon Cox #angelalansbury

Happy 100 Angela Lansbury! Contributor: We still have a lot to learn from Angela Lansbury - Los Angeles Times latimes.com/opinion/story/…

In this Los Angeles Times op-ed, author of “Nowhere to Go but Up,” Lily E. Hirsch, discussed Angela Lansbury’s career. Read the full piece: lat.ms/4omNtoM

Lily E. Hirsch’s “Nowhere to Go but Up,” celebrates Angela Lansbury’s life through new research materials and interviews. bit.ly/4nm4Lld