Robbins, Tom (1936—)
The novelist Tom Robbins was one of the foremost writers of the 1970s and 1980s counterculture, joining Kurt Vonnegut and Robert Pirsig as the gurus of the youth market. Hi...
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For all his influence on the West Coast literary scene, author Tom Robbins has produced a relatively small output of novels--just six in over twenty-five years. The reason for this scarcity, the autho...
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Critical Essay by William Cloonan
In recent years we have seen wild enthusiasm, much discussion, and some handwringing for the likes of Kurt Vonnegut, Richard Brautigan, and Thomas Pynchon. The lates...
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Critical Essay by Gary Blonston
When Tom Robbins published "Another Roadside Attraction" in 1971 and then topped it with "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" in 1976, it appeared...
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Critical Essay by John House
Tom Robbins is Carlos Castaneda in motley, Leo Buscaglia in love beads. Like his earlier books, "Jitterbug Perfume" is not so much a novel as an inspiration...
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Critical Essay by Sue M. Halpern
Emma Goldman would like Tom Robbins. Having amassed a youthful following with his earlier novels, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and Another Roadside Attraction, Robbins...
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Critical Essay by Jerome Klinkowitz
Can innovative fiction address the world and its problems, yet remain free of the limiting conventions of realism? Following the achievements of the avant-garde, c...
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Critical Essay by Mark Siegel
The novels of Tom Robbins, Another Roadside Attraction (1971), Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1976), and Still Life with Woodpecker (1980), are set mostly in Washington st...
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Critical Essay by Robert Nadeau
Although the fiction of Tom Robbins may not yet appear on the syllabi of many surveys of contemporary literature, his novels seem to have something like the same follo...
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Critical Essay by Rudy Rucker
Jitterbug Perfume has a large and exotic cast of characters, all of whom are interested in immortality and/or perfume. There is Priscilla in Seattle, a "genius wa...
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Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins, will publish a new novel this fall by Tom Robbins called B is For Beer.
According to HarperCollins executive editor David Hirshey, who is editing the book, it ...
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Judicial candidate Noach Dear drives the wrong way down a one-way street to avoid an interview with Andrew Kirtzman.
Tom Robbins sheds some unflattering light on the Taxi and Limousine Commission...
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The 7 train is up and running after being knocked out earlier today.
The city lost a Supreme Court case today relating to special eduation.
Eliot Spitzer and Joe Bruno’s appearance togethe...
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The Economist writes, “Now that Michael Bloomberg, New York's mayor, has left the fold to become an independent, nobody else can boast such broad appeal.” Sewell Chan hears people compa...
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Want to make your weekend a wonkend? I'll leave you with this Blog Stroll...
Over at Power Plays, Tom Robbins notes that a certain new Dem chieftain can't bring himself to say Freddy's name. I'l...
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Village Voice.
Blum was on the phone after a meeting with staff at the newspaper's Cooper Square office. Last week, his superiors-to-be at Village Voice Media dismissed eight staffers from the wee...
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Devlin Barrett talks to the newest people hoping to draft Michael Bloomberg into running for President.
The key word in last night’s Democratic debate was "management."
Ben sees two odd momen...
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There were always two parts to the behavior of Bloomberg's aides toward Tom Ognibene -- the first fairly standard, the second a little thuggish.
First, on January 12, Bloomberg campaign chief Kevi...
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A former FBI agent accused of conspiring in a mob murder spree has been cleared of the sensational charges, but the vaunted law enforcement agency received a scathing rebuke from a judge in the pro...
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Robbins, Tom (1936—)
Tom Robbins
Critical Essay by William Cloonan
Ecco To Publish Tom Robbins' New Novel 'B' Is for Beer This Fall
