Rob Brezsny

Rob Brezsny writes "Free Will Astrology," a syndicated column that has appeared for years in over 200 publications worldwide. He is also author of the best-selling manifesto of cagey optimism, "Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings."

Brezsny’s rowdy improvisations on astrology and philosophy comprise part of a larger body of work that includes music and performance as well as books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

The sum total of his offerings inspired the magazine Pop Matters to write, “Brezsny holds his own place next to cultural shamans like Robert Anton Wilson, Timothy Leary, William Burroughs, and Ken Kesey.”

Novelist Tom Robbins chimed in: “I have seen the future of American literature, and its name is Rob Brezsny.”

Utne Reader called him a “Culture Hero.” Rain Taxi described his writing as “poetic, circular, dancing, combining the narrative voices of Anais Nin, Tom Robbins, and David Ignatow."

Author Jay Kinney declared, “Like a mutant love-child of Jack Kerouac and Anais Nin, Rob Brezsny writes with devilish humor, spiritual audacity, and erotic intensity.”