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March 31, 2020
Let the Killing Stop
Kurt Vonnegut’s earliest recorded speech implored a bungling administration to stop committing brutalities. Little has changed.
Kurt Vonnegut
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FictionDecember 16, 2019
Advice, From One Giant of 20th Century Literature to Another
Kurt Vonnegut’s 1967 entreaty to José Donoso.
Kurt Vonnegut
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Books and IdeasNovember 11, 2019
Kurt Vonnegut on Making a Living as a Writer
You probably won’t have to endure the downsides of fame and fortune. But you can emulate the upsides.
Kurt Vonnegut and Suzanne McConnell
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FictionSeptember 26, 2017
Requiem for Zeitgeist
A newly discovered short story, published here for the first time anywhere.
Kurt Vonnegut
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Health and DiseaseAugust 19, 2013
The Worst Addiction of Them All
An excerpt from the new eBook Vonnegut by the Dozen: Twelve Pieces by Kurt Vonnegut.
Kurt Vonnegut
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CultureOctober 31, 2012
The Letters of Kurt Vonnegut
Says editor Dan Wakefield, hIs writing “is done with such seemingly simple language and style that it sometimes seems shocking.”
Kurt Vonnegut
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HistoryJuly 21, 2009
A Reluctant Big Shot
Everyone is fussing about the departure of Walter Cronkite from the CBS Evening News–everyone that is except Cronkite.
Kurt Vonnegut
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Books and IdeasApril 12, 2007
The Necessary Miracle
The following speech was delivered this spring at Mark Twain's house in Hartford.
Kurt Vonnegut
