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Robert Morrow

Goodreads author profile

url

http://www.goodreads.com/robertmorrow

born

Redwood City, CA, The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.ringingtrue.com

twitter username

rtmorrow

genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

influences

None really. Why write like somebody else?

member since

December 2010

About this author

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Robert Morrow is the author of the novel Ringing True, a poet, a blogger and nonfiction writer (published under another pseudonym). Robert is currently working on three books: one a novel set in San Francisco during the dot.com boom; a collection of essays on workplace reality; and a book of blank verse sonnets.

Under yet another nom de plume, he is a musician and songwriter for the alternative rock band Acoustic Disturbance. He is also a traveler, a lover and explorer of the human condition.

He grew up in Silicon Valley, spent a few years in the wine country of Sonoma, then finally landed in San Francisco, the place he considers his home town. Leaving San Francisco along with all the other artists who found the city too high-priced for its o...more

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Robert Morrow's Blog

Poetry: Bloggers

Like newborn birds, flightless and clamoring

For bits of worm, the noises that explode

From our heads fill the ether, a mad cry

For attention in the hope that someone

We will never meet casually clicks

A button, indicating we are liked.

In this universe, where everyone

Seems to have something to say and the tools

To publish random thoughts and images

To what seems to be the civilized world,

Every act b...

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Books by Robert Morrow

Average rating: 4.29 · 21 ratings · 17 reviews · 1 distinct work

Ringing True

4.29 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions

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Robert's Writing

Ringing True (Literature & Fiction)

1 chapters — updated Aug 03, 2011 05:47pm

Description: A contemporary novel about a group of twenty-somethings who decide to launch a new world religion via cyberspace.

America: The New Normal (Nonfiction)

1 chapters — updated Aug 03, 2011 11:31am

Description: Comments about the debt crisis, our dysfunctional political system and the learned helplessness of Americans.

The Purpose of Satire (Literature & Fiction)

1 chapters — updated May 15, 2011 09:24am

Description: A very brief commentary on the value of satire.

Robert is Currently Reading

Robert Morrow is currently reading:

American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America

by David O. Stewart (Goodreads Author)

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May 28, 2012 10:51am

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Robert Morrow wrote a new blog post: Poetry: Bloggers Poetry: Bloggers Like newborn birds, flightless and clamoring For bits of worm, the noises that explode From our heads fill the ether, a mad cry For attention in the h... read more »
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Robert Morrow marked as to-read: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
May 28, 2012 11:01am
Robert Morrow is currently reading: American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America by David O. Stewart (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
May 28, 2012 10:51am
Robert Morrow gave to: Willie's Boys: The 1948 Birmingham Black Barons, the Last Negro League World Series, and the Making of a Baseball Legend by John Klima read in May, 2012	My rating:
This is one of those books where you spend the first third wondering, "Am I going to finish this?" and the last two-thirds feeling very glad you did. After a disjointed and uncertain beginning, the book comes comes together with the appearance of the...more
May 28, 2012 10:50am · see review
Robert Morrow is on page 90 of 303 of Willie's Boys Willie's Boys: The 1948 Birmingham Black Barons, the Last Negro League World Series, and the Making of a Baseball Legend by John Klima progress:	My rating:
May 21, 2012 06:56am · like · see status
Robert Morrow gave to: The Star Trek Cookbook: Food From The 23rd Century And Beyond by Theresa Robberson	My rating:
May 16, 2012 11:19pm
Robert Morrow gave to: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Pearl, Cleanness, Patience by Unknown	My rating:
May 03, 2012 07:41pm
Robert Morrow gave to: Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake	My rating:
May 03, 2012 07:40pm
Robert Morrow gave to: Green Eggs and Ham (Dr. Seuss): Full Score by Robert Kapilow	My rating:
May 03, 2012 07:40pm
Robert Morrow gave to: Concerning the Spiritual in Art by Wassily Kandinsky	My rating:
May 03, 2012 07:36pm

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Quotes by Robert Morrow

“If you want to know what a truly healthy relationship is, it’s one where both people wake up every morning and say, “I choose to be with this person.”
― Robert Morrow, Ringing True

tags: choice , love , relationship , ringing-true

35 people liked it

“The real value of any human endeavor lies in how far it advances the human condition.”
― Robert Morrow, Ringing True

3 people liked it

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Quotes Robert Likes

“If you want to know what a truly healthy relationship is, it’s one where both people wake up every morning and say, “I choose to be with this person.”
― Robert Morrow, Ringing True

tags: choice , love , relationship , ringing-true

35 people liked it

“The most sublime act is to set another before you.”
― William Blake

tags: self-sacrifice

50 people liked it

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”
― Anaïs Nin

tags: courage , life

1,345 people liked it

“The gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry, or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our devotion to our country. It measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile …”
― Robert F. Kennedy

tags: beauty , joy , things-that-matter

4 people liked it

“The real value of any human endeavor lies in how far it advances the human condition.”
― Robert Morrow, Ringing True

3 people liked it

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