Word: robison
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Robison's distinctive style of spare, non-florid prose has been labeled "Minimalism" by reviewers. "They're borrowing terms from painting that aren't applicable," Robison complains. "I don't know why they can't think up their own terms...
...wouldn't know it from her writing, however. Robison writes with the same ironic precision that's in her speech. Witness this dialogue from her early short story "Bud Parrot...
When it comes down to labels Robison prefers to be called a subtractionist, "because at least it sounds as if there's some effort involved. And besides, I made it up and I'm writing an essay for the Times on being a subtractionist. I'm going to wrestle with the critics there...
Even if the critics don't always appreciate her work, Robison "is a writer's writer," says Bobbie Bristol, Robison's editor at Knopf in New York...
...surprisingly, Robison is best known for her short stories in Days and An Amateur's Guide to the Night, most of which have been edited and published at The New Yorker by Roger Angell...