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 Battle for The Inner Life Steve Almond is the author of ten books of fiction and nonfiction, including the New...
Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters 1941-1945 (Random House) is an unexpected and delightful addition to the Vonnegut canon. Edited by Kurt’s daughter, Edith Vonnegut, the book gives readers a look at the hundreds of letters Kurt wrote to his future wife Jane Cox, his words...
In A Delicate Aggression: Savagery and Survival in the Iowa Writers’ Workshop (2019 – Yale University Press), David O. Dowling explores the history of America’ preeminent creative writing program. When Kurt Vonnegut joined the Workshop faculty during the mid-1960’s he stood out for his lack...
Kurt Vonnegut’s literary reputation in the United States has been well-documented, but little has been written about his impact in the Soviet Union during the years of the Cold War. Sarah D. Phillips is set on changing that. Phillips, a professor of anthropology at Indiana...
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 Vonnegut Memorial Library in Indianapolis. For tickets, visit the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library website. The play’s creator, David Hoppe, shared his...
Forever Altering Perceptions of Life – An Interview with Ryan North and Albert Monteys, creators of Slaughterhouse-Five, The Graphic Novel From novel to film to audiobook and now graphic novel, Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five continues to find ways to reach its audience. This new adaptation by...
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 Iowa Writers Workshop? If so, writer Suzanne McConnell is here to offer the next best thing. A...
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 Manuscript archives, a collection of papers, letters, drafts, and other treasures donated by Vonnegut to the Library. Isabel H. Planton, Public...
In a fine essay published by The New Yorker, Salman Rushdie offers his thoughts on Slaughterhouse-Five. Comparisons to Catch-22 and War and Peace are mixed with reflections on Vonnegut's exploration of free will and the cheerfulness at the core of Vonnegut's work. The...
Kurt Vonnegut Remembered, recently published by The University of Alabama Press, is a must-read for Vonnegut fans as it traces the author’s life through a series of essays and recollections from those who knew him best. The list of contributors ranges from well-known media figures like Geraldo Rivera and...