The Turnpike - Paperback

by Thom Sibbitt (Author)

The Turnpike is pseudo-memoir about the struggle of a young man to escape the inheritance of the shattered hopes, dreams, and lives of his parents. The young man roams New York City, self-cannibalizing with alcohol and sex until he escapes the city to impossibly collide with his dead father on the great American highway.

Author Biography

Thom Sibbitt is a Nebraska native. He is the Managing Director of ætherplough: a tool for cultivating performance in Omaha. He also works as an arts mentor for high school artists. Thom has organized writing groups, created original performance work, and facilitated the work of contemporary artists for the last 15 years. Thom spent a decade in New York City, where he earned his BFA from New York University, worked extensively in the downtown theater, and started his career as an arts administrator. In Omaha, Thom gardens, cooks for friends and works in his wood shop in his infinitesimal free time.