Robert Miskimon
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Robert Miskimon (1943-2022) is an author, journalist and poet whose fiction has received favorable reviews in
Personal life
He was born in
Written work
Novels
Miskimon was part of a movement in San Francisco to establish an alternative book publishing outlet for West Coast authors in the 1970s with publication of his first novel, A Wind Is Rising, in 1976 by Anthelion Press of San Francisco.[2] It is the story of a small community on the California coast that galvanizes to defeat a huge commercial development proposed by out-of-state interests.
In a 1976 review of A Wind Is Rising, the
Plastic Jesus (Barnes & Noble/iUniverse, 2000) depicts the artistic and spiritual crisis of a writer as he drives from the West Coast to the East Coast; the picaresque novel includes numerous encounters with locals that help refine his sensibilities. What Death Can Touch (Random House/Xlibris, 2000) is the story of the death of a young child and its effects on immediate family, friends and community. La Posada, Other Stories and Poems (Random House/Xlibnris, 2001) is a collection of short stories that offers a taste of life out of the mainstream of America. Skagit (Barnes & Noble/iUniverse, 2002) is the story of residents of the fictional Skagit Island in Puget Sound who, despite their many differences and idiosyncrasies, unite to crush a proposed bridge from their island to the mainland.
Midwest Book Review said in a 2007 citation: "Robert Miskimon's Skagit is a compelling novel about the people who reside on a small island in the Pacific Northwest. When a proposal to bridge their island to the mainland threatens the integrity of their refuge, the men and women of Skagit form their own community government on the island - yet the exploitation and greed that some humans resist and all humans share is not so easy to keep out. Skagit is recommended as a rewarding read examining the dual sides of human nature."[4]
Miskimon told Contemporary Authors: "My primary motivation for writing is to bridge the terrible chasm of loneliness that separates all of us from each other. I believe all great literature achieves this by providing the reader with a link to our common humanity and suffering, from which the hope, humor and grace that sustain us can grow."[5]
His nonfiction books include The Complete Guide to Building Your Own Tree House (
Journalism
As a journalist he has written for The
Miskimon also has written for the
References
- ^ "Robert Miskimon". Amazon.
- ISBN 978-0546899214.
- ^ Vol. 3, No.5, Sept. 1977
- ^ "Home". midwestbookreview.com.
- ^ https://www.amazon.com/Biography-Miskimon-Robert-Contemporary-Authors/dp/B0007SIYEO/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1335627659&sr=1-8 [dead link]
- ISBN 978-1601382443. Retrieved 11 May 2013.