Tommy (King poem)
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"Tommy" | |||
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Short story by Stephen King | |||
Country | United States | ||
Language | English | ||
Genre(s) | memento mori, confessional poetry | ||
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Published in | Playboy, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams | ||
Publication type | poem | ||
Publisher | Playboy, Charles Scribner's Sons | ||
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Publication date | March, 2010 | ||
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"Tommy" is a narrative poem by Stephen King, first published in the March, 2010 edition of Playboy,[1] and later collected and re-introduced in the November 3, 2015 anthology The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.[2] In the new introduction King disputes the famous adage (attributed to many celebrities, including Grace Slick, Robin Williams, Paul Kantner, Joan Collins, and Dennis Hopper): "If you remember the Sixties, you weren't there."
The poem is free verse and steeped in the slang and cultural references of the 1960s, a decade which encompassed all of King's teenage years. It describes the unique burial of the titular young man, a hippie who died of leukaemia, and the subsequent lives of his closest friends.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ McGarrigle, Dale (2010-02-28). "King free-verse published in March Playboy". Bangor Daily News. Archived from the original on 2021-01-08. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ Ulin, David L. (2015-11-06). "Review: Stephen King's 'Bazaar of Bad Dreams' pulls us in and then out". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
External links
[edit]- Tommy title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database