Author Archives: robchristopher

Responding to questions from milehighguy : 1. what’s your favorite televised cartoon?“Looney Tunes.” Among made-for-TV cartoons: “Space Ghost Coast to Coast.” 2. what is the most important thing that has happened to you in the last 5 years?Publishing 100 Spinning … Continue reading →

Responding to questions from sonatanator : 1. What’s the most flustered/awkwardly speechless you’ve ever been?One Sunday at church when I was a kid I was suddenly chosen to say the offeratory prayer before the collection plates went around the sanctuary at the … Continue reading →

I’m gonna be a library grad school widow tonight 😦 Anyone free?

Responding to questions from nofunk : 1. Name one jazz album you adore. Or, if you must, name a few. But make sure to tell me why you find it indispensible.“A Fickle Sonance,” by Jackie McLean. This album is perfectly … Continue reading →

Responding to questions from sumsinnow : 1. Sometimes literature no matter how “colorful” it’s written seems very flat, so, tell us how you achieve a sense of texture when you write?The key is selective detail. A passage that’s busy with observation … Continue reading →

If California Were Iraq …

Responding to questions from backburner : Have you ever grown a full beard?Yes, I had one for about six months during my sophomore year in college. Naturallly my folks hated it but i kinda liked it. How it looked anyway. … Continue reading →

Responding to questions from mevthem : 1) Who are three authors that inspire you?Raymond Carver, Dawn Powell, Paul Auster 2) Is there a good biography on Duke Ellington? (You know, like the same quality Hajdu put into the Strayhorn book) I’ve … Continue reading →

Ask me up to three questions – anything – and I’ll reply with answers in seperate posts.

“The Jeffersons” it is.