Tom Artin was educated at Princeton University, with a B.A. in English, and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature (concentration in Medieval literature). He has taught at Drexel University, Swarthmore College, U. Mass, Lowell, Rockland...
Tom Artin was educated at Princeton University, with a B.A. in English, and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature (concentration in Medieval literature). He has taught at Drexel University, Swarthmore College, U. Mass, Lowell, Rockland Community College, and Empire State College. After fifteen years and tenure, he left the academic world for a full-time career as a jazz trombonist, pursuing a passion that had begun in 7th grade in the jazz band of American composer John Harbison. As a member of various ensembles, he has toured the U.S. and Europe. For the past two decades, he has also pursued professionally a second life-long passion, photography. His work has been exhibited in numerous one-man and group shows in the U.S. and Germany while also selling his prints.
Tom Artin is the author of three books: "Earth Talk:Independent Voices on the Environment", "The Allegory of Adventure:Reading Chrétien’s Erec and Yvain", and "The Wagner Complex: Genesis and Meaning of The Ring".
Tom Artin / TruthdigSep 26, 2012
Sue Prideaux’s splendid "Strindberg: A Life" sets out not to record every jot and tittle of August Strindberg’s passage from birth to death, but to limn a vivid portrait of its complex, often self-contradictory and brilliant subject."Strindberg: A Life" sets out not to record every jot and tittle of August Strindberg’s passage from birth to death, but to limn a vivid portrait of its complex, often self-contradictory and brilliant subject. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Tom Artin / TruthdigAug 5, 2011
Psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton's new book is more a professional than a personal memoir. “Witness to an Extreme Century” is structured around the four topics that have occupied him most: thought reform, Hiroshima survivors, Vietnam veterans, and the Nazi doctors.Psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton's new book is structured around the four topics that have occupied him most: thought reform, Hiroshima survivors, Vietnam veterans, and the Nazi doctors. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
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