Media
Sedlec Ossuary, The Bone Church. Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. From "Field Notes for the Graveyard Enthusiast." Photo: Maggie Hemley.
Online stories, articles, and essays
- "Dispatches from Manila" / Timothy McSweeney's Internet Tendency / November 2008 - May 2009
- "Bye-Bye Boracay" / Far Eastern Economic Review / February 2009
- "The Bells of Balangiga" / The Wall Street Journal / February 2009
- "Auntie Blessy and Yamashita's Treasure" / LOST Magazine / January 2009
- "The Jew's Christmas in the Philippines" / Far Eastern Economic Review / December 2008
- "Field Notes for the Graveyard Enthusiast" (PDF) / New Letters Literary Magazine Vol. 75 No. 1 / Fall 2008
- On the Faux Memoir / Critical Mass / April 2008
- "All Good Things are Surprises" / Narrative Magazine / Winter 2007
- "Hanukkah Lights" / NPR / December 2005
- "Prince Valiant," / Brevity / Spring 2005
- Something Has to Be Understood: An Appreciation of Sherwood Anderson / The Ohioana Quarterly / Summer 2004
Articles, interviews, and reviews of Robin or his work
- "On the Fly" / City of Literature (Iowa City, IA), YouTube.com / August 2011
- "Why memory lane is such a mortifying stroll" / MSNBC.com / November 2009
- Review of DO-OVER! / Rain Taxi / Fall 2009
- "Revisiting the Failures of Youth" / The Boston Globe / September 2009
- Review of DO-OVER! / The Philippine Star / September 2009
- Review of DO-OVER! / Chicago Tribune / July 2009
- Review of DO-OVER! / Paste Magazine / June 2009
- Interview about DO-OVER! / National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Radio Show / June 2009
- Interview about DO-OVER! / WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio's Lake Effect Radio Show / May 2009
- Interview / PodBean's "Write the Book" prompt / May 2009
- Interview about DO-OVER! / NHPR New Hampshire Public Radio's Word of Mouth / May 2009
- Interview about DO-OVER! / WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio's Lake Effect Radio Show / November 2008
- "Big Man on Camp" / New York Magazine / August 2006
- Interview about Invented Eden / Living on Earth Radio / September 2003
- "Found and Lost", a review of Invented Eden / Guardian UK / June 2003
- To the Best of Our Knowledge, radio broadcast about Invented Eden / Wisconsin Public Radio / March 2003
- Books of the Times; Stories of a World Where the Surreal is Possible, a review of All You Can Eat / The New York Times / November 1988