Kurt Vonnegut's new posthumous collection reveals the seeds of a modern masterpiece.
By Steve Almond Apr 7, 2008
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What can I do to realize my fantasies? Do I have any free will at all?
By Cary Tennis
April 19, 2007
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From giant pillows and computer-crushing seats to sudoku mania and quartz porcupines: Musings on the state of air travel.
By Patrick Smith
April 13, 2007
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A five-minute audio clip of Kurt Vonnegut reading from his masterpiece.
April 12, 2007
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Why should the pawns be the first to die, Vonnegut asked the 12-year-old. Let's see the knights and bishops take some heat!
By Andrew Leonard
April 12, 2007
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At 79, the author of "Slaughterhouse Five" reflects on Sept. 11, death, heaven and the meaning of life.
By Christopher Kemp
December 12, 2001
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Billy Pilgrim meets the inhabitants of a flying saucer in Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s "Slaughterhouse Five."
Read by Kurt Vonnegut
February 20, 2001
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As new waves of 20-year-olds wash up on his shores, the favorite novelist of the attitudinal post-adolescent set keeps writing with a pen dipped in acid.
By Tracy Johnson
March 9, 2000
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The film "Breakfast of Champions" misses the point: What "Bokononists" love is Father Kurt's smart anti-intellectualism.
By Alissa Lara Quart
October 8, 1999
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The author of "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Breakfast of Champions" talks about Capote and Kerouac, Hillary and Rudy, television and, of course, the end of the world.
By Frank Houston
October 8, 1999
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Paglia fuels debate on schools; should we blame guns -- or government?
Letters to the editor
May 4, 1999
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In Kurt Vonnegut's world, free will is an open question, life is poignant and pointless
and kindness is appreciated above all else.
By Frank Houston
April 27, 1999
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A young writer attempts to turn his literary hero into a neighborhood pal.
By Dan Stern
February 3, 1999
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John Leonard on the life and legacy of Robert F. Kennedy, as depicted in 'The Last Patrician' by Michael Knox Beran, 'Mutual Contempt' by Jeff Shesol, 'Make Gentle the Life of this World: The Vision of Bobby Kennedy' by Maxwell Taylor Kennedy, and 'Robert F. Kennedy: A Memoir' a television special by Jack Newfield, to be aired on the Discovery Channel
By John Leonard
May 30, 1998
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Dwight Garner
reviews the events in book publishing in 1997
By Dwight Garner
December 24, 1997
How "Slaughterhouse Five" was born
I dream of living a heroic life but I fear I'm just mediocre
Ask the pilot
Kurt Vonnegut reads from "Slaughterhouse-Five"
Playing chess with Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut: "My God, Vesuvius has erupted again!"
Close encounters of the Vonnegut kind
War Room
GigaOM Network
Glenn Greenwald