Kurt Vonnegut

Salman Rushdie on what the books “Slaughterhouse-Five,” by Kurt Vonnegut, “Catch-22,” by Joseph Heller, and others tell us about the nature of war and humanity.

Kurt Vonnegut // Breakfast of Champions --- "To be the eyes and ears and conscience of the Creator of the Universe, you fool."

The German-American community in Indianapolis, largely a product of mid-nineteenth century immigration, had a strong heritage of freethought (open evaluation of religion based on the use of reason)…

This post is part of our Kurt Vonnegut Reading Day: a celebration of one of our favorite authors on the occasion of the publication of his letters. Check

Kurt Vonnegut once talked about the simple wonder of leaving the house to buy an envelope. His words offer fantastic advice on daily living.

"Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow." -Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut published fourteen novels over a period of fifty years as well as numerous short stories, plays and works of non-fiction.

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‘So it goes,' Slaughterhouse-Five.