Can't find a FAQ
joh...@carleton.edu
Does anyone have a complete listing of all of TR's works?
I know of Still Life, Roadside, Jitterbug, Skinny legs, and Cowgirls. What
else? I need some reading material.. I hope I haven't read it all...
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Gretchen Johns joh...@carleton.edu
If an apple a day will keep the doctor away, what will a mango a day keep away?
Michael F Songster
since it has been awhile and since it was requested, i thought i would
post this again.
lorin and i put this together last year, and i have been quite lazy about
keeping it up so there are some recent things missing.
if you have the details on an entry that should be included please e-mail
me and i will add it. thanks for your help.
things that i know are missing:
tom's most recent (last oct or nov, i think) essay in esquire,
the ny times article(s) of a couple months ago,
any article or interview that has ever appeared in "high times"
(either recently or way back when),
the dutch translation(s) of tr's novel(s),
anything else not on this list.
so you see, there are several things that if you know i would love for you
to tell me.
lets keep those cards and letters coming!!
love always,
mikey.
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The Complete(?) Tom Robbins Bibliography
Version 1.0
September 3, 1993
compiled by:
Michael Songster
song...@student.tc.umn.edu
and
Lorin Hawley
hawl...@apple.com
The following is a list of all known (at least to us) publications by or
about Tom Robbins. He is of course still alive and well and living in the
pacific northwest. This being the case I would appreciate any and all
additions of future works which should be included in this here
bibliography. I also welcome all submissions, suggestions and
corrections, though please be delicate, as my ego bruises easily. I do
hope that this list is of some enjoyment and/or use to someone, somewhere.
This bibliography is devided into several sections, separating works by T.
R. from works about T. R. I have tried to find everything that has been
published containing more than a passing comment about T. R., though I am
sure I missed things. I have also included in the citation a short
comment describing the contents of the work cited, except for those items
I was unable to locate.
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I. Works by Tom Robbins
A. Novels
B. Short Stories, excerpts and other fiction
C. Essays and such
II. Works about Tom Robbins
A. Books
B. Magazines and Newspapers, Interviews, Profiles and the like
C. Academic Journals, Literary Criticism and Analysis
D. Theses and Dissertations
III. Reviews of Tom Robbins Novels
A. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
B. Still-Life with Woodpecker
C. Jitterbug Perfume
D. Skinny Legs and All
IV. Translations of Tom Robbins Novels and Short Stories
A. Another Roadside Attraction
B. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
C. Still-Life with Woodpecker
D. Jitterbug Perfume
E. Skinny Legs and All
F. Audio (Books on Tape)
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I. Works by Tom Robbins
A. Novels
Another Roadside Attraction, Balantine, New York (1971).
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Houghton Mifflin,
Boston (1976).
Still-Life with Woodpecker, Bantam, New York (1980).
Jitterbug Perfume, Bantam, New York (1984).
Skinny Legs and All, Bantam, New York (1990).
Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas, (to be published soon).
B. Short Stories, excerpts and other fiction
"The Chink and the Clock People"
(Excerpts adapted from Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.)
The Best American Short Stories, 1977
Houghton Mifflin, Boston (1977)
(Reprinted from American Review, 1976).
"The Purpose of the Moon"
(In which Marylin Monroe is given Van Gogh's ear.)
Playboy, January 1979, v. 26 (pp 237, 330).
"Meditations on a Camel Pack"
(Excerpts adapted from Still-Life with Woodpecker.)
Esquire, July 1980, v. 94 (pp 27-38).
"Still Life With Woodpecker"
(Short excerpt from the novel.)
Northwest Review, 1982, v. 20, n. 2-3 (pp 95-6).
"The Hair of the Beast"
(Excerpts adapted from Jitterbug Perfume.)
Esquire, November 1984, v. 102 (pp 236-8).
"Skinny Legs and All"
(Excerpts adapted from Skinny Legs and All.)
Esquire, April 1990, v. 113 (pp 149-160).
C. Essays and such
"West Coast Report"
(T. R. with Peter Selz)
Art in America, November 1968, v. 56 (pp 98-101).
R. Allen Jensen, Exhibition March 8 to March 23, 1969
(Introductory essay in the exhibition book.)
Tacoma, Washington (1969)
Skagit Valley Artists, Exhibition March 1 to April 14, 1974
(Introductory essay in the exhibition book.)
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington (1974)
"Is Feminismo Destroying Feminism?
Notes on Nukes, Nookie, and Neo-Romanticism"
Seattle Weekly, June 21, 1978 (pp 11-15).
(Reprinted as "Move over Macho, Here Comes Feminismo"
in dozens of other newspapers that summer.)
"Why I Live Where I Live"
(T. R. discusses Burlington, Washington.)
Esquire, October 1980, v. 94 (pp 82-4).
"Ray Kroc Did it for You"
(Biography/discussion of Ray Kroc, founder of
McDonald's Corp.)
Esquire, December 1983, v. 100 (pp 340-2, 344).
Tom Robbins: The Visual Arts (1963-1964)
(Reprints of articles published in the Seattle Times
and Seattle Post.)
J. Dille, Seattle, Washington (1985).
"The Day the Earth Spit Warthogs"
(T.R. describes his trip to Tanzania.)
Esquire, Winter Traveler Special, October 1985,
v. 104 (pp cover-1, 4, 6-7, 11-12).
"Wishing for Milton's Power and Tolstoy's Zaniness"
(21 authors tell what they want from the Christmas muse,
T.R. wants golf clubs.)
N. Y. Times Book Review, December 8, 1985, v. 90 (pp 46-7).
"True adventure: Treks for the Sophisticated Traveler"
(T. R. with James Michener, Annie Dillard, Oliver Statler,
Iris Love, Joel Meyerowitz, and Susan Brownmiller.)
N. Y. Times Magazine, March 16, 1986, v. 135 (pp S8-13).
"Writers Remember: American authors look back on
their favorite cars"
(8 writers talk about their favorite cars,
T.R. remembers his Caddy and his Z28.)
compiled by Peter Egan
Road & Track, June 1987, v. 38 (pp 108, 110, 112, 114, 118).
"Treasured Places"
(8 distinguished authors describe landscapes they hold dear.)
(T.R. with Colin Fletcher, Galen Rowell, Edward Abbey,
Barry Lopez, James Dickey, Edward Hoagland, and
Peter Matthiessen.)
Life, July 1987, v. 10 (pp35-42, 44).
"Ode to Redheads"
(T.R. sings the praises of redheads, short, w/ picts)
Gentlemen's Quarterly, June 1988, v. 58 (pp 216-19).
"Remembering Joseph Campbell"
(5 people relate memories of Joseph Campbell.)
Utne Reader, September/October 1988 (pp 97-9).
"The Real Valley of the Dolls: At the end of a long, lonesome
road in the middle of nowhere is ... the Gland Canyon"
(T.R. goes to Nevada, and lives to tell the tale.)
Esquire, December 1988, v. 110 (pp 202-6, 209).
"Women We Love: Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg"
(Brief song of desire for fiddler N. S.-S.)
Esquire, November 1989, v. 112 (pp 172-3).
"The Kiss; Let's Tiptoe Through the Two Lips;
A Valentine from Tom Robbins"
(Musings on the origins and usefullness of kissing.)
Playboy, February 1990, v. 37 (pp 92-3).
"Two in the Bush"
(T.R. describes his trip to Botswana's Okavango delta.)
Esquire, March 1990, v. 113 (pp 50, 54).
"The Archaic Revival: Speculations on Psychedelic
Mushrooms, the Amazon, Virtual Reality, UFOs, Evolution,
Shamanism, the Rebirth of the Goddess, and the End of
History"
by Terence McKenna with a foreward by Tom Robbins
Harper, San Francisco (1992).
"A Kiss is Still a Kiss ... Thank God!"
(Excerpt from the introduction to the book "A Kiss is Just a
Kiss" edited by Bruce Velick, Harmony Books, 1990.)
Cosmopolitan, February 1991, v. 210 (pp 212-15).
"Yet Another Roadside Attraction: Seattle's self-made
cowgirl takes on the salt and pepper trade"
(T.R. describes Ruby Montana's collectibles shop,
the Pinto Pony.)
House & Garden, August 1991, v. 163 (pp 38, 40).
"The Genius Waitress: an ode to women who serve"
(An ode to the well educated, underemployed waitress.)
Playboy, December 1991, v. 38 (pp 144-5).
"Women We Love: 1992"
(Several related articles with T. R., Jimmy Breslin, Bill
Geist, John Updike, Stanley Bing, Kurt Loder, Eric Bogosian,
and Graydon Carter. T.R. writes of love for Karen Duffy.)
Esquire, August 1992, v118 (p 78-91).
"Confessions of a Reluctant Sex Goddess"
(T.R. interviews Debra Winger.)
Esquire, February 1993, v. 119 (pp 70-6).
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II. Works about Tom Robbins
A. Books
Tom Robbins, Western Writers Series, No. 42
Mark Siegel
Boise State University (1980).
Readings from the New Book on Nature:
Physics and Metaphysics in the Modern Novel
Robert Nadeau
University of Mass. Press, Amherst (1981).
Aquarius Revisited: Seven who Created the Sixties
Counterculture that Changed America;William S. Burroughs,
Allen Ginsburg, Ken Kesey, Timothy Leary, Norman Mailer,
Tom Robbins, Hunter S. Thompson.
Peter O. Whitmer
MacMillon, New York (1987).
Classic Cult Fiction: A Companion to Popular Cult Literature
Thomas R. Whissen
Greenwood Press, New York (1992).
B. Magazines and Newspapers, Interviews, Profiles and the like
"Package of the Artist as a Young Seer"
John Calvin Batchelor
Soho Weekly News, January 13, 1977.
"Border Crossing"
(Disscussion of the publication history of T.R.'s novels.)
Paul S. Nathan
Publishers Weekly, April 4, 1977, v. 211 (p 52).
"Five Ws for the Counterculture"
(A brief introduction to Tom Robbins.)
Horizon, May 1977, v. 19 (pp 70).
"...And Cowgirls Jumped Over the Moon"
(Interview/overview of T.R.)
Greg Mitchell
Crawdaddy, August 1977 (pp 29-33).
"Taking Tom Robbins Seriously"
(The Rolling Stone Interview)
Michael Rogers
Rolling Stone, November 17, 1977 (pp 66-71).
"Prince of the Paperback Literati"
(Biographical, historical, analysis of T.R. and his novels.)
Mitchell S. Ross
N. Y. Times Magazine, February 12, 1978
(pp 16-17, 66-69, 72-77, 86).
"New Tom Robbins Novel to be Bantam's First Hardcover"
(Article about publishing Still Life With Woodpecker.)
Publishers Weekly, February 8, 1980, v. 217 (p 16).
"Behind the Best Sellers"
(Mostly information about T.R. and the publishing buisness.)
Thomas. Dutton
N. Y. Times book review, October 19, 1980, v. 85 (p 58).
"Dialogue with Tom Robbins"
(Interview)
Michael Strelow
Northwest Review, 1982, v. 20 (pp 97-102).
"Will the Real Robbins Please Stand Up"
(Profile/Interview)
Randy Sue Coburn
Atlanta Constitution, November 14, 1984, sec B (p 1, 8).
(Reprinted in several newspapers, see below for examples.)
Los Angeles Times, November 18, 1984, v. 103 sec C (p 40).
Chicago Tribune, December 14, 1984, sec 5 (p 1, 2).
Houston Post, January 27, 1985, sec F (p 1, 10).
"Tax Report"
(A brief re. T.R. et al. protesting a 1.5% tax on book reciepts.)
Scott R. Schmedel
Wall Street Journal, November 28, 1984 (p 1).
"Holiday gift books, plus new fiction by Tom Robbins and
E.L. Doctorow"
(Short paragraph on/recomendation of "Jitterbug Perfume".)
Playboy, January, 1985, v. 32 (p 21-22).
"Cosmic Comedian"
(Interview)
Peter O. Whitmer
Saturday Review, January/February 1985, v. 11 (pp 50-5).
"Cowgirls May Get the Blues, but not Tom Robbins,
Who Pours it on in Jitterbug Perfume"
(Interview)
Steven Dougherty
People Weekly, April 1, 1985, v. 23 (pp 123-5).
"How Writers Live Today"
(Short paragraphs on 41 authors.)
Tom Jenks
Esquire, August 1985, v. 104 (pp 123-7).
"Joy in Spite of Everything: an interview with Tom Robbins"
(interview)
Bill Strickland
Writer's Digest, February, 1988, v. 68 (pp 30-34). (part 1)
Writer's Digest, March, 1988, v. 68 (pp 32-36). (part 2)
"Tom Robbins Favors His Fans"
(T.R. does a book signing and honors unusual requests.)
Maureen Harrington
Denver Post, April 10, 1990, sec E (p 1).
"Writer Tom Robbins: A Man of LaConner"
(biography/profile)
John Balzer
Los Angeles Times, April 6, 1990, sec E (p 1).
"Van Sant to direct Robbins's 'Cowgirls'"
(The filming of T. R.'s novel 'Even Cowgirls Get the Blues')
Will Tusher
Variety, May 2, 1990, v. 339 (p 15).
"Tom Robbins"
(Interview)
Mari Edlin
Publishers Weekly, May 25, 1990, v. 237 (pp 41-2).
"Two thumbs up"
(Article about the movie 'Even Cowgirls Get the Blues'.)
Annie Leibovitz and Christopher Hitchens
Vanity Fair, February, 1993, v. 56 (pp 126-31).
"Back-Burnered 'Blues': k.d. Lang to do soundtrack for 'Even
Cowgirls Get the Blues'"
(Brief article about the movie.)
Rebecca Ascher-Walsh
Entertainment Weekly, April 30, 1993 (p 10).
"Even Cowgirls Get the Blues"
(Brief update on the movie in a special section detailing
all of the upcoming movie releases for Fall, 1993.)
Entertainment Weekly, August 27/September 3, 1993 (p 58).
C. Academic Journals, Literary Criticism and Analysis
"Physics and Cosmology in the Fiction of Tom Robbins"
Robert Nadeau
Critique, 1978, v. 20(1) (pp 63-74).
"The Meaning of Meaning in the Novels of Tom Robbins"
Mark Siegel
Mosaic, Summer 1981, v. 14(3) (pp 119-31).
"Field Notes & Notes in a Field: Forms of the West in
Robert Kroetsch and Tom Robbins"
Laurence Ricou
Journal of Canadian Studies, 1982, v. 17(3) (pp 117-123).
"Misfits: Tom Robbins' Even Cowgirls Get the Blues"
Beverly Gross
North Dakota Quarterly, Summer 1982, v. 50(3) (pp 36-51).
"The Comic Grotesque in Recent Fiction"
William Nelson
Thalia: Studies in Literary Humor, 1983, v. 5(2) (pp 36-40).
"Tom Robbins"
Current Biography, June 1993, v. 54 (pp 44-48).
D. Theses and Dissertations
"Reconciling Science and Mysticism: Characterisation in
the Novels of Tom Robbins"
Patricia E. Cleary Miller
Thesis (Ph.D.), University of Kansas (1979, 1982).
"Of Time, Space and Magic: Selected Works of
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and Tom Robbins"
Jere Aubrey Wells
Thesis (M.A.), University of Georgia (1979).
"Tom Robbins, A Playful Prophet"
Thomas J. Frazer
Senior Honors Thesis, Dartmouth University (1982).
"A Rocky Voyage with the Counterculture:
The Fiction of Tom Robbins"
Stephen Michael Hardy
Thesis (M.A.), Brown University (1982).
"Reality as Fabulous: Fantasy as Rhetorical Imperative in the
Contemporary American Novel"
Pamela Rene Howell
Thesis (Ph.D.), Texas Christian University (1983).
"The Frontier Sensibility in Novels of Jack Kerouac,
Richard Brautigan, and Tom Robbins"
Elizabeth Patricia Wheeler
Thesis (Ph.D.), SUNY, Stony Brook (1984).
"From Bubblegum to Personism: The Cycle of Choice in
the Novels of Tom Robbins"
Cynthia M. Akers
Thesis (M.A.), Emporia State University (1986).
(Reprinted in Emp. St. Res. Studies, Spring 1992, v. 38(2)).
"A Monotony of Fine Weather: Imagined Worlds in
Contemporary American Fiction"
Sharon Adele Jessee
Thesis (Ph.D.), University of Tulsa1986).
"The Creative Personality and the Creative Process:
A Qualitative Perspective"
Linda Williams Melrose
Thesis (Ph.D.), University of Georgia (1987).
"Edgar Allan Poe's Pajamas: Irreverence and Reader
Participation in the Novels of Tom Robbins"
Robert Sidney Watt
Thesis (M.A.), Dalhousie University, Canada (1989).
"Tom Robbins Penetrating the Bounds of Confinement"
Priscilla Audette
Paper (M.A.), North Dakota State University (1990).
"A Carnival of Fears: Affirmation in the Postmodern
American Grotesque"
Sheila Goodman Brown
Thesis (Ph.D.), Florida State University (1992).
"The Infinite Goof: Phsychedelic Drugs and American
Fiction of the 1960's (Aldous Huxley, Hunter S. Thompson,
Carlos Castaneda, Ken Kesey, and Tom Robbins)"
Mark Buechler
Thesis (Ph.D.), Indiana University (1992).
"Spirituality in the Novels of Tom Robbins"
Jane Focht-Hansen
Thesis (M.A.), St. Mary's University (1992).
"Paperbacks, Romanticism, and High-foolishness:
Popular Articulation and the Novels of Tom Robbins"
Paul Wilfred MacKinnon
Thesis (A.B.), Harvard University (1992).
"Tom Robbins as Fabulator"
Julie Elaine Townsend
Thesis (M.A.), University of North Carolina, Charlotte (1993).
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III. Reviews of Tom Robbins Novels
A. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Denver Quarterly, Autumn 1976, v. 11 (pp 147-50).
Prairie Schooner, Spring 1977, v. 51 (pp 99-100).
B. Still-Life with Woodpecker
N. Y. Times Book Review, October 19, 1980, v. 85 (p 58).
C. Jitterbug Perfume
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, sec J, November 18, 1984 (p 10).
Detroit Free Press, December 5, 1984 (p 9).
N. Y. Times Book Review, December 9, 1984, v. 89 (p 11).
Chicago Tribune, sec 14, December 16, 1984 (p 39).
Houston Post, sec F, December 16, 1984 (p 14).
L. A. Times, sec B, December 16, 1984 (p 3).
Playboy, January, 1985, v. 32 (p 22).
National Review, June 28, 1985, v. 37 (pp 44-5).
Washington Post Book World, November 25, 1984 (pp 1, 9).
D. Skinny Legs and All
Prairie Schooner, 1990, v. 64, n. 4 (pp 129-31).
Publishers Weekly, February 16, 1990, v. 237 (p 68-70).
Library Journal, March 1, 1990, v. 115 (p 117).
Washington Post, sec WBK, March 25, 1990 (p 1).
Chicago Tribune, sec 14, April 1, 1990 (p 3).
Denver Post, sec D, April 8, 1990 (p 10).
San Francisco Chronical, sec E, April 12, 1990 (p 5).
Atlanta Journal Constitution, sec N, April 15, 1990 (p 8).
Los Angeles Times Book Review, April 15, 1990 (p 1).
New York Times Book Review, April 15, 1990, v. 95 (p 12).
St Louis Post Dispatch, sec E, April 22, 1990 (p 3).
Boston Globe, sec B, April 29, 1990 (p 46).
Time, May 7, 1990, v. 135 (p 112).
Playboy, May, 1990, v. 37 (p 33).
Village Voice, June12, 1990, v. 35 (p S-6).
Antioch Review, Fall, 1991, v. 49 (pp 616-17).
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IV. Translations of Tom Robbins Novels and Short Stories
A. Another Roadside Attraction
(German) Ein Platz fur Hot Dogs
Rowohlt, Hamburg (1987).
B. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
(Dutch)
(French) Meme les Cow-girls ont les bleus
Editions l'Etincelle, Montreal (1978).
(German) Sissy-Schicksalsjahre einer Tramperin
Rowohlt, Hamburg (1976).
(Spanish) Tambien las vaqueras sienten melancolia
Ediciones Grijalbo, Barcelona (1978).
C. Still-Life with Woodpecker
(Dutch)
(French) Mickey le Rouge
Presses Renaissance (1981).
(German) Buntspecht; So was wie eine Liebesgeschichte
Rowohlt, Hamburg (1983).
(Portuguese) A natureza-morta e o pico-paw:
uma outra historia de amor
Imago Editora, Rio de Janeiro (1989).
(Spanish) Naturaleza muerta con pajaro Carpintero:
una especie de "Love Story"
Lasser Press, Mexico, D.F. (1982).
D. Jitterbug Perfume
(Chinese) Ji te ba xiang shui
Huang Guan, Taipei (1987).
(Dutch) Het parfum van de jitterbug
translated by Henny Corver
Agathon, Houten (1987).
(German) PanAroma
Rowohlt, Hamburg (1985).
(Italian) Profumo di Jitterbug
Mondadori, Milano (1985).
(Portuguese) O perfume de Jitterbug
Imago Editora, Rio de Janeiro (1987).
E. Skinny Legs and All
(German) Salomes siebter Schleier
Rowohlt, Hamburg (1992).
F. Audio (Books on Tape)
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
read by Michael Nouri (9 tapes)
Dove Audio, Beverly Hills, CA (1993).
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mike songster you remind me of a tv show,
song...@gold.tc.umn.edu but that's alright, i'll watch it anyway.
-the feelies
albert camus wrote that the only serious question is whether to kill
yourself or not. there is only one serious question. and that is: who
knows how to make love stay? answer me that and i will tell you whether
or not to kill yourself. -tom robbins ("still life with woodpecker")