Teaching Vonnegut and Race: An Interview with S. G. Ellerhoff
Over the past few years a renewed focus on the issue of race in America has entered the public conversation. In 2021, writer S.G. Ellerhoff taught a...
21 November, 2022
And All Music is Sacred – An Interview with Richard Auldon Clark
And All Music is Sacred – An Interview with Richard Auldon Clark In A Man Without A Country, Kurt Vonnegut writes that music “makes practically ...
27 July, 2022
Directing Mother Night – An Interview with Keith Gordon
Directing Mother Night – An Interview with Keith Gordon Chances are you know the scene: Rodney Dangerfield, playing Thornton Melon in Back to Schoo...
25 May, 2022
Breaking Down Vonnegut – An Interview with Julia Whitehead, Founder and CEO of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library
Breaking Down Vonnegut – An Interview with Julia Whitehead, Founder and CEO of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library If there’s an MVP for promot...
02 May, 2022
Bringing Kurt Vonnegut to the Stage – An interview with Ben Rock
Bringing Kurt Vonnegut to the Stage – An interview with Ben Rock If you had to pick the one Kurt Vonnegut novel least likely to be adapted for the s...
13 April, 2022
Firing the Flare Gun and Shouting, “Read it again!” An Interview with Alex Schmidt and Michael Swaim, creators and hosts of the podcast Kurt Vonneguys.
Firing the Flare Gun and Shouting, “Read it again!” An Interview with Alex Schmidt and Michael Swaim, creators and hosts of the podcast Kurt Von...
21 February, 2022
Two Guys From the Same Family – An Interview with Robert Weide, co-director of Unstuck in Time.
Two Guys From the Same Family – An Interview with Robert Weide, co-director of Unstuck in Time. If you’re a fan of Kurt Vonnegut, you’ve be...
15 November, 2021
The Writer’s Crusade – An Interview with Tom Roston
The Writer’s Crusade: Kurt Vonnegut’s Long Struggle to Write His Masterpiece – An Interview with Tom Roston, author of The Writer’s Crusade: K...
01 November, 2021
Waking People Up – An Interview with Steve Almond
Waking People Up – The Prophetic Voice of Kurt Vonnegut: An Interview with Steve Almond, author of Not That You Asked and William Stoner and The Bat...
16 August, 2021
Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters – An Interview with Edith Vonnegut
Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters 1941-1945 (Random House) is an unexpected and delightful addition to the Vonnegut canon. Edited by Kurt’s d...
16 July, 2021
A Delicate Aggression: Kurt Vonnegut at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop – An Interview with David O. Dowling
In A Delicate Aggression: Savagery and Survival in the Iowa Writers’ Workshop (2019 – Yale University Press), David O. Dowling explores the histor...
11 April, 2021
Vonnegut as Cultural Guide – Kurt Vonnegut in the Soviet Union: An Interview with Sarah D. Phillips
Kurt Vonnegut’s literary reputation in the United States has been well-documented, but little has been written about his impact in the Soviet...
19 March, 2021
Looking Deep into the Heart of the American Experience – An Interview with David Hoppe, author of Readings from Kurt Vonnegut: WordPlay
On October 1, 2020, Readings from Kurt Vonnegut: WordPlay by David Hoppe will be performed by The Phoenix Theater as a fundraiser for the Kurt Vonnegu...
25 September, 2020
Forever Altering Perceptions of Life – An Interview with Ryan North and Albert Monteys, creators of Slaughterhouse-Five, The Graphic Novel
Forever Altering Perceptions of Life – An Interview with Ryan North and Albert Monteys, creators of Slaughterhouse-Five, The Graphic Novel From nove...
21 September, 2020
Pity the Reader – An Interview with Suzanne McConnell
Ever wish you could become unstuck in time and wind up back in Iowa City during the 1960’s and enroll in one of Kurt Vonnegut’s classes at the Iow...
22 April, 2020
An Overwhelming Treasure Trove of Writings by Kurt Vonnegut – An Interview with Isabel Planton
If there’s a Disney World for hard-core Vonnegut fans, it just might be at the Lilly Library at Indiana University, home of the Kurt Vonnegut Manusc...
20 October, 2019
ABOUT KURT
VONNEGUT
A giant of American literature, Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) is the author of 14 novels, including the classic anti-war novel Slaughterhouse-Five, a Modern Library 100 Best Novels selection. His other works include Cat’s Cradle, Mother Night, Breakfast of Champions, and A Man without a Country. Vonnegut’s signature blend of satire, American history, and empathy for the human condition has earned a worldwide following.
ABOUT CHUCK
AUGELLO
Chuck Augello is the author of The Revolving Heart (Black Rose Writing), a Best Books of 2020 Selection by Kirkus Reviews. His work has appeared in One Story, Literary Hub, Juked, The Coachella Review, Smokelong Quarterly, Fiction Writer’s Review, and many other fine journals. A contributing editor for Cease, Cows, he publishes The Daily Vonnegut, a website exploring the life and art of American writer Kurt Vonnegut.