Readers sound off on spring training, Musk’s agency cuts and mistrust of MTA spending
Football’s closer means baseball season is nigh Huntington, L.I.: In the midst of Super Bowl week hysteria, all it took was a walk up my driveway in suburbia to visualize the Feb. 4 back page of the ...
Counterculture author Tom Robbins, known for his irreverent bestselling novels, dies at 92
His first novel, “Another Roadside Attraction,” was published in 1971 when Robbins was 39 -- more than three decades after ...
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Tom Robbins, Whose Comic Novels Drew a Cult Following, Dies at 92
He blended pop philosophy and absurdist comedy in best-selling books like “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” and “Skinny Legs and All.” By Clay Risen Tom Robbins, whose cosmically comic novels ...
Opinion
Tom Robbins: Farewell to the bard of Puget Sound
Those who knew Tom Robbins well seem to have nothing but good things to say about this kind, romantic, talented man. I wish I had known him better. Those of us living along the shores of Puget Sound ...
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Tom Robbins, ‘Even Cowgirls Get the Blues’ author who had ‘crazy wisdom,’ dies at 92
NEW YORK — Tom Robbins, the novelist and prankster-philosopher ... Robbins could match any narrative in his books with one about his life. There was the time he had to see a proctologist and ...
Tom Robbins, whose comic novels drew a counterculture following, dies at 92
The author of ‘Even Cowgirls Get the Blues’ grew up around Richmond at midcentury. His novels, deceptively humorous and ahead of their time in addressing themes of feminism, ecology ...
Observer2d
Gisele Bündchen’s Best Style Moments
Observer takes a look back at the supermodel’s most memorable fashion moments, from Victoria’s Secret It girl to Met Gala ...
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Book Review
By A.O. Scott These refreshingly authentic and playful picture books celebrate the many kinds of love that can fill kids’ lives. By Travis Jonker The writer Kelsey McKinney tries to wrestle ...
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Bestselling comic novelist Tom Robbins dies at 92
“And I guess when a reader finishes one of my books … I would like for him or her to be in the state that they would be in after a Fellini film or a Grateful Dead concert.” Though Tom ...
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55 top chefs pick favourite cheap restaurants across every part of UK - from famous burger chain to kebab shops
Throughout the last year the Money blog has been asking Michelin chefs to pick their favourite cheap eats - a meal for two ...
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BOOK REVIEWS
Olivia Wolfgang-Smith’s second novel is about three characters with things to hide in turn-of-the-20th-century New York Two new books -- “I Dream of Joni” by Henry Alford and “Song So Wild ...
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Classical CDs: Mandolins, trumpets and hot soup
What is fascinating to hear is quite how dramatically Mullova’s concept of playing repertoire of the classical period has ...