Two new novels riff on fairy tales to explore mothers with unusual hungers and daughters trying to survive them.

Robbins, known for his absurdist novels, studied at a forerunner of Virginia Commonwealth University and briefly worked at ...

His first novel, “Another Roadside Attraction,” was published in 1971 when Robbins was 39 -- more than three decades after ...

I knew that he wanted the fabrics that no one else would have. He was one of the first that really pushed me into [wilder looks],” Marchitelli tells us.