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Behind the LinesAndrew Carroll spent three years traveling throughout the United States and around the world to seek out the most powerful and unforgettable letters...Read More
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Small Business Exchange, February 10, 2012
...recent fun story circulated about a commencement speech before the graduating class at Harvard. It was attributed to Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. who, when asked had never made the presentation. Information must be verifiable. Question what you hear. We are not...
Cornell University, January 31, 2012
...before a final selection is made. Other books shortlisted for consideration this year were "Cat's Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. '44; "The Ugly American" by Graham Greene; and "Caleb's Crossing" by Geraldine Brooks. Students will receive a copy of the book...
Highlands Ranch Herald, January 6, 2012
...in vogue today, but practiced by such masters as Anton Chekov, O. Henry, Franz Kafka, Ray Bradbury and Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The Stories on Stage versions will be read by Buntport Theater Company members Brian Colonna, Hannah Duggan, Erik Edborg, Erin...
Daily Beast, December 16, 2011
...seem fair - to build all that up, only to have it extinguished. Fuck death. Another: To use Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s phrase, "And so it goes". Lives were enriched, the good fight was fought, and if there IS an anthropocentric Heaven, you know he...
Huffington Post, December 11, 2011
...spirit, he might one day try to do the same thing." Thus Shields reveals how the writer Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was born. And though Vonnegut was emotionally in conflict with his mother, his love for her won out and created our beloved wordsmith. The quality...
Charleston Post and Courier, December 11, 2011
...Vonnegut, A Life. By Charles J. Shields. Henry Holt. 544 pages. $30. In this first authorized biography of Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Charles Shields' impression of one of the most influential American writers was that Vonnegut was a "lonely, disenchanted man."...
Sag Harbor Express, December 7, 2011
...latest venture is one that just might. And this one comes from the most unlikely of sources — Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Though Vonnegut, a longtime Sagaponack resident, died in 2007, he left behind a treasure trove of writings — both well known and works...
Grasping for the Wind, October 13, 2011
...classic SF stories by such luminaries of the field as Gene Wolfe, Philip Jose Farmer, F. Paul Wilson, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Philip K. Dick, Harry Harrison, Fritz Leiber, Andre Norton — and many more! I’ll admit to not being pleased that I have to...
Randomize ME, October 10, 2011
...have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody next to the likes of Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen.The Color of Magic is Terry Pratchett's maiden voyage through the now-legendary land of Discworld. This is where...
Big Think, October 5, 2011
...the fact that some of our best recent candidates are now gone. In their different ways, John Updike, Kurt Vonnegut, David Foster Wallace, Grace Paley, and August Wilson would all have made worthy choices, but all have died un-Nobelled within the past ten...
Geeks of Doom, September 30, 2011
...The eBook deal of the day today for the Amazon Kindle is Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut for only $.99 (that’s 75% off the regular price of $3.99). Note, this deal is valid only for today, Friday, September 30, 2011, until 11:59pm...
loonwatch.com, September 29, 2011
...New World,” Alduous Huxley “The Koran” “The Catcher in the Rye,” J.D. Salinger “Push,” Sapphire “Slaughter-house 5,” Kurt Vonnegut “Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India,” Joseph Lelveld “My Mom’s Having a...
GeekSugar, September 26, 2011
...When a high school in Missouri recently banned Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut's story of World War II as told through a science fiction lens, for creating "false conceptions of American history and government," the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library...
Lehigh Valley Ramblings, September 26, 2011
...Charles J Shields a few years ago when he contacted me to say he was writing about author Kurt Vonnegut. My Dad and Vonnegut were grunts during WWII, where they were captured together and survived the firebombing of Dresden. They stayed in touch until my...
