Kurt Vonnegut

How "Slaughterhouse Five" was born How "Slaughterhouse Five" was born

Kurt Vonnegut's new posthumous collection reveals the seeds of a modern masterpiece.
  • Kurt Vonnegut: "My God, Vesuvius has erupted again!"

    At 79, the author of "Slaughterhouse Five" reflects on Sept. 11, death, heaven and the meaning of life.
  • Close encounters of the Vonnegut kind

    Billy Pilgrim meets the inhabitants of a flying saucer in Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s "Slaughterhouse Five."
  • Tom Robbins

    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.
  • Thin gruel for Vonnegut fans

    The film "Breakfast of Champions" misses the point: What "Bokononists" love is Father Kurt's smart anti-intellectualism.
  • The Salon Interview: Kurt Vonnegut

    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.
  • Letters to the editor

    Paglia fuels debate on schools; should we blame guns -- or government?
  • Mad humanist

    In Kurt Vonnegut's world, free will is an open question, life is poignant and pointless and kindness is appreciated above all else.
  • Seven deadly sins: Stalking Kurt Vonnegut

    A young writer attempts to turn his literary hero into a neighborhood pal.
  • The prince who came down from his tower

    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
  • The year in books

    Dwight Garner reviews the events in book publishing in 1997

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