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255 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Travel articles. Canyon of the vaginas -- Two in the bush -- The eight-story kiss -- The cannibal king wants his din-din -- The day the earth spit warthogs. |
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Tributes. The Doors -- Nurse Duffy of MTV -- Joseph Campbell -- Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg -- The genius waitress -- Ray Kroc -- Jennifer Jason Leigh -- Leonard Cohen -- Slipper sipping -- Redheads -- Alan Rudolph -- Miniskirt feminism -- The sixties -- Diane Keaton -- Kissing -- Shree Bhagwan Rajneesh -- Ruby Montana -- Terence McKenna -- Thomas Pynchon -- Debra Winger. |
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Stories, poems, & lyrics. Triplets -- Dream of the language wheel -- Catch 28 -- Three haiku -- Moonlight whoopee cushion sonata -- The origin of cigars -- Stick Indians -- Home medicine -- Clair de Lune -- Aloha nui -- Are you ready for the new urban fragrances? -- Honky-tonk astronaut -- Creole debutante -- Master Bo Ling -- R.S.V.P. -- My heart is not a poodle -- West to Satori -- Wild card -- Open wide -- Two for my young son -- The towers of St. Ignatz. |
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Musings & critiques. In defiance of gravity -- Till lunch do us part -- What is art and if we know what art is, what is politics? -- Morris Louis : empty and full -- Lost in translation -- Leo Kenney and the geometry of dreaming -- The desire of his object. |
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Responses. Write about one of your favorite things -- How do you feel about America? -- What do you think writer's block is and have you ever had it? -- With what fictional character do you most identify? -- Is the writer obligated to use his/her medium as an instrument for social betterment? -- Why do you live where you live? -- What was your first outdoor adventure? -- Do you express your personal political opinions in your novels? -- How would you evaluate John Steinbeck? -- Tell us about your favorite car -- What is your favorite place in nature? -- Send us a souvenir from the road -- What is the function of metaphor? -- Are you a realist? -- What is the meaning of life? |
| Summary |
A generous sampling, collected here for the first time and including works as diverse as scholarly art criticism and some decidedly untypical country-music lyrics. Embedded in this primarily journalistic compilation are a couple of short stories, a sheaf of largely unpublished poems, and an off-beat assessment of our divided nation. |
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Robbins, Tom, 1932- -- Written works.
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Robbins, Tom, 1932- -- Interviews.
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Popular culture -- Essays.
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American poetry.
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Short stories, American.
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| ISBN |
0553804510 |
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9780553804515 |
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