"This collection of 29 interviews explores the outer reaches of the Kurt Vonnegut universe. Conversations reveal how Robert B. Weide's letter to Kurt led to a long friendship and an acclaimed documentary, how readers in the former Soviet Union fell in love with Vonnegut during the Cold War, how Ryan North and Albert Monteys adapted Slaughterhouse-Five into a graphic novel, how two podcasters introduced him to a new generation of readers, and how Vonnegut's time teaching at the Iowa Writers Workshop helped transform him from an unknown paperback writer into a literary superstar. Also included…mehr
"This collection of 29 interviews explores the outer reaches of the Kurt Vonnegut universe. Conversations reveal how Robert B. Weide's letter to Kurt led to a long friendship and an acclaimed documentary, how readers in the former Soviet Union fell in love with Vonnegut during the Cold War, how Ryan North and Albert Monteys adapted Slaughterhouse-Five into a graphic novel, how two podcasters introduced him to a new generation of readers, and how Vonnegut's time teaching at the Iowa Writers Workshop helped transform him from an unknown paperback writer into a literary superstar. Also included are eight essays by the author. These cover Vonnegut's thoughts on guns and loneliness, evaluate his posthumous publications, offer a guide to the best Vonnegut videos available online, and ask questions like "Was Kurt Vonnegut secretly a romance writer?" A resource for students, scholars and fans, this book offers windows into Vonnegut's life and art that are often overlooked in standard biographies"--Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Chuck Augello is the author of the novel The Revolving Heart, a Best Books of 2020 selection by Kirkus Reviews, and the story collection The Inexplicable Grey Space We Call Love. His work has appeared in One Story, Literary Hub, Juked, Fiction Writers Review, Smokelong Quarterly, The Coachella Review, and other fine journals. He publishes The Daily Vonnegut, a website exploring the life and art of Kurt Vonnegut. He lives in New Jersey with his wife Sheri, his dog Bella, his cats Gracie and Smokey, and a menagerie of unnamed birds and squirrels that inhabit the backyard.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Adventures in the Vonnegutsphere: Or, How I Came to Create The Daily Vonnegut Beginnings and Endings Kurt Vonnegut: The Pop Quiz The Brothers Vonnegut: An Interview with Ginger Strand Love, Kurt-The Vonnegut Love Letters: An Interview with Edith Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut's Last Interview: An Interview with Heather Augustyn Kurt Vonnegut Remembered: An Interview with Jim O'Loughlin One Thief Was Saved: An Interview with Jerome Klinkowitz Posthumous Vonnegut The Classroom Lessons from the Monkey House Pity the Reader: An Interview with Suzanne McConnell A Delicate Aggression-Kurt Vonnegut at the Iowa Writers' Workshop: An Interview with David O. Dowling Teaching "Harrison Bergeron": An Interview with Benjamin Reed Waking People Up to the Prophetic Voice of Kurt Vonnegut: An Interview with Steve Almond Building the Monkey House: An Interview with Gregory Sumner Kurt Vonnegut, Romance Writer Planetary Citizen Lonesome No More: Kurt Vonnegut's Sunny Little Dream American Fascism: An Interview with Susan Farrell Tilting the Axis: An Interview with Christina Jarvis Vonnegut as Cultural Guide-Kurt Vonnegut in the Soviet Union: An Interview with Sarah D. Phillips The Writer's Crusade: An Interview with Tom Roston Recreating the Same Old Nightmare: An Interview with Josh Privett Germs of Some Loathsome Disease: Kurt Vonnegut on Guns New Adventures in Scholarship The Vonnegutians Breaking Down Vonnegut: An Interview with Julia Whitehead An Overwhelming Treasure Trove: An Interview with Isabel Planton The Vonnegut Encyclopedia: An Interview with Marc Leeds Vonnegut and Hemingway: An Interview with Lawrence R. Broer A Landmark for Common Decency Beyond the Page Kurt Vonnegut: YouTuber Forever Altering Perceptions of Life: An Interview with Ryan North and Albert Monteys Staging Happy Birthday, Wanda June: An Interview with Jeff Wise and Matt Harrington Firing the Flare Gun and Shouting "Read it again!" An Interview with Alex Schmidt and Michael Swaim Two Guys from the Same Family: An Interview with Robert Weide Bringing the Sirens to the Stage: An Interview with Ben Rock Directing Mother Night: An Interview with Keith Gordon And All Music Is Sacred: An Interview with Richard Auldon Clark Talking Vonnegut Bibliography About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Adventures in the Vonnegutsphere: Or, How I Came to Create The Daily Vonnegut Beginnings and Endings Kurt Vonnegut: The Pop Quiz The Brothers Vonnegut: An Interview with Ginger Strand Love, Kurt-The Vonnegut Love Letters: An Interview with Edith Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut's Last Interview: An Interview with Heather Augustyn Kurt Vonnegut Remembered: An Interview with Jim O'Loughlin One Thief Was Saved: An Interview with Jerome Klinkowitz Posthumous Vonnegut The Classroom Lessons from the Monkey House Pity the Reader: An Interview with Suzanne McConnell A Delicate Aggression-Kurt Vonnegut at the Iowa Writers' Workshop: An Interview with David O. Dowling Teaching "Harrison Bergeron": An Interview with Benjamin Reed Waking People Up to the Prophetic Voice of Kurt Vonnegut: An Interview with Steve Almond Building the Monkey House: An Interview with Gregory Sumner Kurt Vonnegut, Romance Writer Planetary Citizen Lonesome No More: Kurt Vonnegut's Sunny Little Dream American Fascism: An Interview with Susan Farrell Tilting the Axis: An Interview with Christina Jarvis Vonnegut as Cultural Guide-Kurt Vonnegut in the Soviet Union: An Interview with Sarah D. Phillips The Writer's Crusade: An Interview with Tom Roston Recreating the Same Old Nightmare: An Interview with Josh Privett Germs of Some Loathsome Disease: Kurt Vonnegut on Guns New Adventures in Scholarship The Vonnegutians Breaking Down Vonnegut: An Interview with Julia Whitehead An Overwhelming Treasure Trove: An Interview with Isabel Planton The Vonnegut Encyclopedia: An Interview with Marc Leeds Vonnegut and Hemingway: An Interview with Lawrence R. Broer A Landmark for Common Decency Beyond the Page Kurt Vonnegut: YouTuber Forever Altering Perceptions of Life: An Interview with Ryan North and Albert Monteys Staging Happy Birthday, Wanda June: An Interview with Jeff Wise and Matt Harrington Firing the Flare Gun and Shouting "Read it again!" An Interview with Alex Schmidt and Michael Swaim Two Guys from the Same Family: An Interview with Robert Weide Bringing the Sirens to the Stage: An Interview with Ben Rock Directing Mother Night: An Interview with Keith Gordon And All Music Is Sacred: An Interview with Richard Auldon Clark Talking Vonnegut Bibliography About the Contributors Index
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