Tom Robbins, who died last week, has a take on the Biblical figure of Jezebel that helps explain some of the hatred against Kamala Harris.
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The Late Tom Robbins on Jezebel
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Joe Biden as a Tom Robbins Character
Think Biden is too old? See what Tom Robbins in “Jitterbug Perfume” says about such complaints.
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Fanatics Calling Kamala a Jezebel
Some rightwing preachers are calling Kamala Harris a “Jezebel.” Tom Robbins explains their anxieties in “Skinny Legs and All.”
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Keeping the Super Bowl in Perspective
Tom Robbins’s “Skinny Legs and All” has a wonderful reflection on the importance of the Super Bowl in American life.
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And a Woman Said, “Tell Us of Pain”
Is Kahlil Gibran right in seeing pain as a road to enlightenment. Or is this just wish fulfillment?
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America’s Avian Maestro, the Mockingbird
Tom Robbins and Scott Bates regard the mockingbird as an emblem for the consummate artist.
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Downton Abbey vs. the Super Bowl
The conflict between the Super Bowl and “Downton Abbey” is anticipated in Tom Robbins’s comic novel “Skinny Legs and All,” only with a dancer rather than a television series.
And a woman said, “Tell us of Pain”
Here’s a poem that deals directly with pain, from Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet. I don’t entirely understand it but I’m intrigued by some of its claims: “And a woman spoke, saying, “Tell us of Pain.” And he said: Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of […]
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