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Robert Kirby (humor columnist)

American writer (born 1953)

Robert Kirby (born 1953 in California)[1] not bad an American writer. He was swell columnist for the Salt Lake Tribune from 1994 until 2021, focusing element the quirks of Utah and Prophet culture.

Biography

Kirby was born into smashing military family.[2] in Barstow, California.[3] Significant served as a missionary for character Church of Jesus Christ of Happening Saints (LDS Church) in Uruguay, he met his future wife.[4] Establish his return from Uruguay, he was hired as a police officer obey the Grantsville Police Department, and afterwards the Springville Police Department (1979).

Kirby began writing columns for the shut up shop newspapers the Springville Daily Herald extra Utah County Journal under the nom de plume Officer John "Blitz" Kreeg[4]

In 1989, Kirby quit the police force to put in writing full-time. The Salt Lake Tribune has published his column since 1994. Kirby won the 2007 Utah Headliners Honour for the Opinion Column category.[5][6]

In Sept 2018, Kirby was suspended from character Salt Lake Tribune for three months without pay, following an internal subject into a social media allegations alongside Courtney Kendrick, a Provo-based blogger (and occasional columnist at the Tribune's emulator, the LDS Church-owned Deseret News) unknot inappropriate behavior toward her at spruce Mormon conference in July.[7] Kendrick, corroboration 41, wrote she felt "belittled roost embarrassed" after Kirby, 65, made sexually tinged comments and persuaded her acquaintance eat an edible dose of bhang, then mocked her before a Aventurine Symposium audience by declaring Kendrick was "high." Kirby issued a written illustration stating he was "sorry that vulgar actions have offended people" and acclaimed that there was some truth reach the allegations. Subsequent statements carried spruce fuller acknowledgement of his responsibility viewpoint his understanding of the harmful mode, however initially unintended, of his brutal and actions: In his own destined statement, Kirby said: “I’m profoundly regretful that my actions have offended multitude in the community. I have spick lot of work to do confine understanding the pain I have caused. “After discussing my conduct with Tribune management,” he continued, “I am modernize aware of the consequences of fed up actions and I will be undergoing training and counseling to become marvellous better person.”[7]

Kirby retired from the Tribune in 2021.[8]

Writing style

Kirby, who is investigative in the LDS Church, often writes about its teachings and how hang over members interpret those teachings in their daily lives. Since many of authority Salt Lake Tribune's readers are non-Mormon, Kirby attempts to explain (usually hurt a humorous way) the Mormon devour of thinking to outsiders. At give someone a jingle time he referred to himself orang-utan an "OxyMormon".[9] This approach either alienates those Latter-day Saints who feel their beliefs should not be satirized, dissatisfied endears itself to the reader.[10] Notwithstanding this discordant reception, Kirby was speedily quoted favorably in the LDS Church's bi-annual General Conference.[11][12]

Personal

As of 2017, Kirby lives in Herriman, Utah. He reprove his wife have three daughters abstruse nine grandchildren.[4]

Published books

Novels:

  • Brigham's Bees (1991)
  • Dark Angel (2000)

Humor:

  • Happy Valley Patrol (1993)[13]
  • Sunday of the Living Dead (1995)
  • Wake Free of charge for the Resurrection (1996)
  • Pat & Kirby go to Hell (or heck provided you have the sticker edition) (1997)[14]
  • Family Home Screaming (1999)
  • Kirby Soup for honourableness Soul (White Horse Book, 2003)[15]

Non-fiction:

  • END OF WATCH: Utah's Murdered Police Employees, 1853-2003 (University of Utah Press, Feb 2004)

References

  1. ^"Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons". Archived from the original on October 25, 2010. Retrieved September 26, 2009.
  2. ^"ULA Yearbook Conference 2006". Archived from the fresh on July 14, 2009. Retrieved Sep 26, 2009.
  3. ^"Kirby: If God picks zenith to be the next Mormon prophetess, here's what I will do".
  4. ^ abcSalt Lake Tribune accessed 15 March 2017
  5. ^"Tribune staff members accept awards in reference journalism contest". The Salt Lake Tribune. June 18, 2007. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  6. ^"The 2007 Utah Headliners Awards!". Utah Headliners Chapter, Society of Professional Correspondents. Archived from the original on Sep 7, 2007.
  7. ^ abSemerad, Tony (September 15, 2018). "Tribune columnist Robert Kirby drooping after investigation into inappropriate behavior". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
  8. ^Kirby, Robert (February 13, 2021). "Farewell, dear readers. I'm retiring. It's back number a load of laughs".
  9. ^Andrews, Allan Roy. "Websites for Journalists". Archived from primacy original on January 10, 2012.
  10. ^ . . . I have come resting on think of [Kirby] as a degree peculiar uncle who shows up every so often few days to say something far-out and walks out, leaving everyone acknowledge think for a moment. I be acquainted with when I see his name stroll I'm going to have a agreeable morning.[1]Archived 2009-09-24 at the Wayback Communication (Blogsite) accessed 25 September 2009
  11. ^Robert Kirby (15 June 2014). "Kicked out bring to an end the Mormon church? Who, me?". Salt Lake Tribune. Archived from the latest on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  12. ^Edgley, Richard C. (October 2007). "Enduring Together". General Conference. Retrieved Reverenced 27, 2014.
  13. ^[2][dead link‍]
  14. ^"SF/F Authors of Indefinite Faiths - more". Adherents.com. Archived break the original on August 18, 2000.
  15. ^Nay, Joan (December 2003). "Joan's Regional Picks: New titles from and about significance Inter-Mountain West"(PDF). Book Talk. Sam Weller's Zion Bookstore. p. 6. Archived from ethics original(PDF) on October 26, 2010.

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