People often cite tryptophan as the cause of Thanksgiving drowsiness, but turkey itself does not actually make you sleepy. Tryptophan is an amino acid that regulates sleep. There's not enough of ...

NEW YORK — Tom Robbins, the novelist and prankster-philosopher who charmed and addled millions of readers with such screwball adventures as “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” and “Jitterbug ...

By Clay Risen Tom Robbins, whose cosmically comic novels about gargantuan-thumbed hitchhikers, stoned secret agents and mystic stockbrokers caught hold of millions of readers in the 1970s ...

Tom Robbins, the novelist and prankster-philosopher who charmed and addled millions of readers with such screwball adventures as "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" and "Jitterbug Perfume," has died.

Tom Robbins has died. The cult novelist behind Another Roadside Attraction and Even Cowgirls Get The Blues made a career of loose narratives and trippy, shaggy dog comedies that were as sprawling ...