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5 unusual facts about Tom Robbins'


Blowing Rock, North Carolina

Author Tom Robbins was born in Blowing Rock in 1936 and moved in 1943 to Burnsville, North Carolina.

Briony Penn

For this program, she taped, field produced and edited episodes ranging from the natural death movement to humpback whale research, and she conducted interviews with diverse personalities like philosopher John Ralston Saul, Haida political leader Guujaaw and author Tom Robbins.

Cody's Books

Some prominent authors and notables who appeared at Cody's were: Tom Robbins, Norman Mailer, Ken Kesey, Alice Walker, Allen Ginsberg, Maurice Sendak, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Muhammad Ali, and Salman Rushdie.

Here, Hear.

uses poetry and writings from various artists: One is based upon Tom Robbins' Still Life with Woodpecker.

Selous, Zimbabwe

In 1985, novelist Tom Robbins wrote a column for Esquire detailing his tumultuous travels to reach the village entitled "The Day The Earth Spit Warthogs."


James Ridgeway

Host Amy Goodman interviews current and former staff James Ridgeway, Nat Hentoff, Tom Robbins, Sydney Schanberg and two reporters Mark Jacobson and Tim Redmond.

Port Townsend Writers' Conference

Noted authors who have been associated with the Port Townsend Writers' Conference over the years include Margaret Atwood, Raymond Carver, Alice Walker, Leslie Marmon Silko, Ken Kesey, Carolyn Forché, Belle Randall, Barry Lopez, Tom Robbins, Sam Hamill, Marvin Bell, Sherman Alexie, David Guterson, Terry Tempest Williams and Frank Herbert.


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