| Thomas Eugene Robbins | |
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 Tom Robbins at a reading of Wild Ducks Flying Backward in San Francisco on September 24, 2005 |
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| Born | 22 July 1936 Blowing Rock, North Carolina), United States |
| Occupation | novelist, short story writer, essayist |
| Nationality | United States |
| Genres | Fictional prose |
Thomas Eugene Robbins (born July 22, 1936 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina) is an American author. Wild Ducks Flying Backward is Tom Robbins ' latest book published on August 30, 2005. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Blowing Rock is a town in North Carolina, situated in both Caldwell and Watauga counties North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. Nationality is a relationship between a Person and their State of Origin, Culture, association Affiliation and/or Loyalty The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A literary genre is a category of literary composition Genres may be determined by Literary technique, tone, Content, or even (as in the case of fiction For the Wikipedia guideline regarding editing articles see WikipediaManual of Style. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Blowing Rock is a town in North Carolina, situated in both Caldwell and Watauga counties North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States The United States of America —commonly referred to as the His novels are complex, often wild stories with strong social undercurrents, a satirical bent, and obscure details. Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human He is probably best known for his novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1976), which was made into a movie in 1993 directed by Gus Van Sant. This article is about the book For the film see Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (film. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues is a 1993 comedy-drama - Romance film based on the 1976 Tom Robbins novel of the same Gus Green Van Sant Jr he has dealt unflinchingly with homosexual and other marginalized subcultures without being particularly concerned about providing positive role models
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Career
In 1954, Robbins studied journalism at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia but left after he was ousted from his fraternity for discipline problems. Washington and Lee University is a private liberal arts college in Lexington Virginia, USA Lexington is an Independent city within the confines of Rockbridge County in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He spent the following year hitchhiking, finally settling in New York as a poet. The City of New York
In 1957 he enlisted in the Air Force after receiving his draft notice and spent three years as a meteorologist in Korea. Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia.
Following his service, he returned to civilian life in Richmond, Virginia. This article is about the city of Richmond the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia. There, he entered art school at Richmond Professional Institute, which later became Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), and was the editor of the campus newspaper as well as a copy editor for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Virginia Commonwealth University, or VCU, is a large public American research University with its main campuses located in downtown Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University, or VCU, is a large public American research University with its main campuses located in downtown Richmond, Editing Language, Images or Sound through correction condensation organization and other modifications in various media Copy editing (also copy-editing and copyediting) is the editorial work that an editor does to make Formatting changes and improvements to a manuscript The Richmond Times-Dispatch ( RTD or TD for short is the primary daily Newspaper in Richmond Virginia
Upon graduation, he moved to Seattle to seek a Masters degree at the School of Far Eastern Studies of the University of Washington. See Washington (disambiguation for other uses The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research University While in Seattle, he worked for The Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The Seattle Times, one of two daily Newspapers serving Seattle Washington, United States, is the largest daily newspaper in the state of The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (popularly known as "the P-I" is one of two daily Newspapers in Seattle Washington, United States.
He won the Golden Umbrella award at the Bumbershoot Seattle arts festival in 1997. Bumbershoot is also another name for an Umbrella. Bumbershoot is an annual international music and arts Festival held in
Personal life
Robbins moved to LaConner, Washington in 1970, and has lived there ever since. La Conner is a town in Skagit County, Washington, USA The population was 761 at the 2000 census Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
He was a friend of Terence McKenna, whose influence is evident in several of his books. Terence Kemp McKenna ( November 16 1946 – April 3 2000) was a Writer, Philosopher, and Ethnobotanist. A main character (Larry Diamond) in Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas advocates a theory similar to those of McKenna, involving Psilocybin. One of Tom Robbins ' less well-known novels Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas was published in 1994 by Bantam Books Psilocybin (IPA /saɪləˈsaɪbɪn/ (also known as psilocybine) is a psychedelic Indole of the Tryptamine family found in Psilocybin In addition, there are striking parallels between one of the main characters of Jitterbug Perfume (Wiggs Dannyboy) and McKenna. Jitterbug Perfume is Tom Robbins ' fourth novel published in 1984. He is also an admirer of Indian mystic Osho. "Rajneesh" Chandra Mohan Jain (रजनीश चन्द्र मोहन जैन (December 11 1931 – January 19 1990 also known as Acharya Rajneesh [1]
Partial bibliography
Robbins has written eight novels, and one collection, since 1971. He has also written numerous short stories and essays. [2]
- Another Roadside Attraction (1971)
- Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1976)
- Still Life with Woodpecker (1980)
- Jitterbug Perfume (1984)
- Skinny Legs and All (1990)
- Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas (1994)
- Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates (2000)
- Villa Incognito (2003)
- Wild Ducks Flying Backward (2005) — a collection of non-fiction essays, reviews, and short stories. Another Roadside Attraction is Tom Robbins ' first novel published in 1971 by Doubleday which initiated what has grown to be considered his Cult following The year 1971 in literature involved some significant events and new books This article is about the book For the film see Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (film. The year 1976 in literature involved some significant events and new books Still Life With Woodpecker (1980 is the third novel by Tom Robbins, concerning the love affair between an Environmentalist Princess and The year 1980 in literature involved some significant events and new books Jitterbug Perfume is Tom Robbins ' fourth novel published in 1984. The year 1984 in literature involved some significant events and new books Skinny Legs and All, novelist Tom Robbins ' fifth book was published in 1990 by Bantam Books. The year 1990 in literature involved some significant events and new books One of Tom Robbins ' less well-known novels Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas was published in 1994 by Bantam Books The year 1994 in literature involved some significant events and new books Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates is Tom Robbins ' seventh and longest novel first published in 2000. The year 2000 in literature involved some significant events and new books Bantam Doubleday Dell (US and Random House (Australia published Villa Incognito in April and June 2003 respectively The year 2003 in literature involved some significant events and new books Wild Ducks Flying Backward is Tom Robbins ' latest book published on August 30, 2005. The year 2005 in literature involved some significant events and new books
- B is For Beer (to be published in the Fall of 2008[3])
References
Further reading
- Hoyser, Catherine (1997). Events None at present Books Literature The Painter of Battles Tom Robbins: A Critical Companion. Westport: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313294186.
- Siegel, Mark (1980). Tom Robbins. Boise: Boise State University. ISBN 0884300668.
- Gabel, Shainee (1997). Anthem: An American Road Story. New York: Avon books. ISBN 0380974193.
- Whitmer, Peter (2000). Aquarius Revisited: Seven Who Created the Sixties Counterculture That Changed America. New York: Citadel. ISBN 0806512229.
External links
- AFTRlife - A Tom Robbins playground (fansite)
- Interviews and articles
- A 1984 interview with Tom Robbins
- From Blowing Rock to Windy Cliff: A Tentative Chronology
- A biographical essay (2003)
- Basking Robbins Interview (1985)
- Salon.com mini-bio (2000)
- Seattle Weekly interview (2000)
- WGA: How to Write Like Tom Robbins
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