Robert Nichols

Robert Nichols (July 15, 1919 – October 14, 2010) was an American architect, novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer.

Early life, military service and education Born Robert Brayton Nichols in Worcester, Massachusetts, and Slow Newsreel of Man Riding Train (1962, number 15 in the City Lights Pocket Poets Series).

He also wrote the short story collection, In the Air (1991), and novels, including From the Steam Room (1993), and a four-part series of novellas set in the utopia Nghsi-Altai. and participated in the Theater for the New City and the Bread and Puppet Theater.

Personal life Nichols's first marriage was to the Village Voice editor, Mary Perot Nichols, which ended in divorce in 1969. Nichols married writer Grace Paley in 1972, and they remained married until her death in 2007.