(Chicago), Chicago Public Library, 2003. Newsletter of the Chicago Public Library for May 2003, announcing a reading by Tom Robbins, "author of such bestsellers as Welcome to the Monkey House." Robbins once said that he was determined not to read Vonnegut or Brautigan until he finished writing his first novel. He failed at not reading Brautigan, but the Vonnegut influence on his early work might be over-exaggerated. Fine in stapled wrappers. [#023610] $20