Editing Tom Robbins (section)

==Early media work==
In late 1957, Robbins enrolled at [[Richmond Professional Institute]] (RPI), a school of art, drama, and music, which later became [[Virginia Commonwealth University]]. He served as an editor and columnist for the college newspaper, ''Proscript'', from 1958 to 1959.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RPI Student Newspapers {{!}} VCU Libraries Digital Collections |url=https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/pro/ |access-date=May 28, 2024 |website=digital.library.vcu.edu}}</ref> He also worked nights on the sports desk of the daily ''[[Richmond Times-Dispatch]]''.<ref name="Tracy" /> After graduating with honors from RPI in 1959 and indulging in some hitchhiking, Robbins joined the staff of the ''Times-Dispatch'' as a copy editor.<ref>{{cite news |title=From The Village Cafe to Literary Fame: Tom Robbins Dies at 92 |url=https://rvamag.com/news-headlines/richmond-news/from-the-village-cafe-to-literary-fame-tom-robbins-dies-at-92.html |access-date=February 12, 2025 |publisher=RVA Magazine |date=February 11, 2025}}</ref>

[[File:Ad for Notes from the Underground, Tom Robbins show on KRAB radio (1967).jpg|thumb|A 1967 ad for Robbins's KRAB radio show, ''Notes From The Underground'', drawn by [[Walt Crowley]]]]
In 1962, Robbins moved to [[Seattle]] to seek an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] at the Far East Institute of the [[University of Washington]]. During the next five years in Seattle (minus a year spent in New York City researching a book on [[Jackson Pollock]]) he worked for the ''[[Seattle Times]]'' as an art critic.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Robbins|first1=Tom|title=Tibetan peach pie: a true account of an imaginative life|date=2014|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|isbn=9780062267405|pages=167–173|edition=First}}</ref> In 1965, he wrote a column on the arts for ''Seattle Magazine'' as well as occasionally for ''[[Art in America]]'' and ''[[Artforum]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Robbins|first1=Tom|title=Tibetan peach pie: a true account of an imaginative life|date=2014|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|isbn=9780062267405|page=184|edition=First}}</ref> Also during this time, he hosted a weekly alternative radio show, ''Notes from the Underground'', at non-commercial [[KSER|KRAB-FM]], Seattle.<ref>{{Cite web |title=KRAB-FM, Seattle - Programs: Notes From The Underground, with Tom Robbins |url=https://www.krabarchive.com/programs/krab-notes-from-the-underground-with-tom-robbins.html |access-date=March 25, 2022 |website=www.krabarchive.com |language=en}}</ref> It was in 1967, while writing a review of the rock band [[The Doors]], that Robbins said he found his literary voice.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Doors And What Thay Did To Me |url=http://doorsmania.narod.ru/History/Whatthay.html |access-date=March 23, 2022 |website=doorsmania.narod.ru}}</ref> While working on his first novel, Robbins worked the weekend copy desk of the ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Robbins|first1=Tom|title=Tibetan peach pie: a true account of an imaginative life|date=2014|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|isbn=9780062267405|page=249|edition=First}}</ref> Robbins would remain in Seattle, on and off, for the following forty years.<ref name="Tracy" /><ref name="HarperCollins Publishers">{{cite book|last1=Robbins|first1=Tom|title=Tibetan peach pie: a true account of an imaginative life|date=2014|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|isbn=9780062267405|edition=First}}</ref>