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Tag Archives: Kurt Vonnegut
Some Good Advice
In 2006, Ms. Lockwood, an English teacher at Xavier High School in New York City, gave her students an assignment to write persuasive letters inviting their favorite authors to the school. Five students chose Kurt Vonnegut. Though 84-year-old Vonnegut couldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Music, USA, Writing
Tagged Count Dracula, Kurt Vonnegut, Sirens of Titan
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Vonnegut Centennial
This week marked the 100th anniversary of Kurt Vonnegut’s birth. To celebrate the occasion graphic designer Alicia Raitt has re-imagined 14 of Vonnegut’s book covers. Inspired by 1960s bookcover design, Raitt utilizes the Marber grid, leaving the illustrations to set … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, USA, Writing
Tagged book cover design, bookcovers, Kurt Vonnegut, novels
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You’re Not Alone
When I saw this street art mural I was reminded of a comforting quote from the great writer Kurt Vonnegut: Nothing I can say can have any effect, except to say to somebody else, “You’re not alone.” That’s as far … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, USA, Writing
Tagged Cat's Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut, Sirens of Titan, Slaughterhouse Five, Street Art
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“Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people.”
Sadly, book banning and even book burning continues to be in the news here in the USA. Just this week, I saw a video of members of a State legislature demanding the books that they found objectionable be removed from … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Freedom of Speech, History, Libraries, USA
Tagged book banning, censorship, Hay Festival, Heinrich Heine, Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five
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Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter to the Future
The recent United Nation’s report on climate change should be a wake-up call to humanity. But we have been warned about these challenges for decades and have done little about them. Way back in 1988, the great writer Kurt Vonnegut … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, USA, Writing
Tagged Benedict Cumberbatch, Climate Change, Kurt Vonnegut, Sherlock Holmes
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Writers Not Writing
Posted in Books, History, Photography, Writing
Tagged Albert Camus, Ernest Hemingway, Kurt Vonnegut, William S. Burroughs
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Live Your Way Into The Answer
Rainer Maria Rilke // “Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them…the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, USA, Writing
Tagged Kurt Vonnegut, novelists, Poets, Rainer Maria Rilke, Toni Morrison
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The America I Love Still Exists
“And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried … Continue reading
Science Fiction Day
Even if you are one of those readers who claim that they don’t like science fiction, it’s more than likely that there are some works in the genre that you have appreciated and enjoyed. When it comes to science fiction … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Film, History, movies, Writing
Tagged Dune, Isaac Asimov, Kurt Vonnegut, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Ray Bradbury, Science fiction
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Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt
The Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library opened in a donated storefront in the author’s hometown of Indianapolis in 2011. Over the years, the institution’s success as a tourist attraction and literary pilgrimage site made it obvious that the museum couldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Freedom of Speech, Libraries, Museums, Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged Fiction, Indiana, Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five
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