A Letter to a Woodpecker
As Salman Rushdie once observed, “A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.” I can’t think of too many authors who did all that better than Tom Robbins. Tom, I’m glad you lived, and I’m sorry to hear you died. I know – 92 is a fair age and it’s not really my business. Memento mori and stuff. I just liked knowing there was someone on the planet who saw right through it all, who somehow combined exte...
