backyardchef Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Author of Jitterbug Perfume, Even Cowgirls Get The Blues and other classics of contemporary American Fiction at age 92. https://www.npr.org/2025/02/09/1167079326/tom-robbins-obituary-novelist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 The way he wrote about women grossed me out as a pre-teen. But I guess it says something that I have such a clear memory of being grossed out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 I remember the Cowgirls movie, but I don't believe I ever read him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 1 hour ago, small h said: The way he wrote about women grossed me out as a pre-teen. But I guess it says something that I have such a clear memory of being grossed out. They did not age well at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 1 minute ago, backyardchef said: They did not age well at all. That writing didn't need to age for me. It was gross right out of the gate. Or maybe I was just an eleven-year-old from the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 24 minutes ago, small h said: That writing didn't need to age for me. It was gross right out of the gate. Or maybe I was just an eleven-year-old from the future. I didn't suggest that it had to be anything for you. I never said anything about my personal feelings about it. But, I acknowledge you were right then and you are still right about how you felt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollywood Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Another Roadside Attraction was one of the books undergrads had to read. Later, it was Trout Fishing in America. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 11 minutes ago, hollywood said: Later, it was Trout Fishing in America. And Snow White. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 21 minutes ago, hollywood said: Another Roadside Attraction was one of the books undergrads had to read. Later, it was Trout Fishing in America. Yeah. They were assigning his books in my high school. I don't think I read a whole one of them. Was not my jam. I read A Confederacy of Dunces around that time and loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 34 minutes ago, backyardchef said: They were assigning his books in my high school. Pretty racy for a high school selection! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollywood Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 1 hour ago, small h said: And Snow White. Ah, Donald Barthelme! RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 3 hours ago, small h said: Pretty racy for a high school selection! It was a pretty racy school! They also taught Joan Didion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Meanwhile, we had to pass around Forever under our desks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongo Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 (edited) in the last year of high school i came under the sway of an older neighbour* and had a big thing for robbins after reading still-life with woodpecker. i didn't know much about american counter-cultural writers or anything about post-modernism really--robbins seemed very exciting. but as i read more of that stuff in college, thanks to the american center library in delhi (soft power!), my interest in robbins waned. reading more by robbins also contributed to this development as what had seemed fresh and exciting to me in still-life with woodpecker quickly curdled into cliche. *said older neighbour was revealed to be a sex pest during the height of "me too" revelations in india. Edited February 11 by mongo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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