Talking Vonnegut : Centennial Interviews and Essays.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Augello, Chuck.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vonnegut, Kurt--Criticism and interpretation.

Vonnegut, Kurt.

Vonnegut, Kurt--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2023.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Kurt Vonnegut

The Brothers Vonnegut

Love, Kurt-The Vonnegut Love Letters

Kurt Vonnegut's Last Interview

Kurt Vonnegut Remembered

One Thief Was Saved

Posthumous Vonnegut

The Classroom

Lessons from the Monkey House

Pity the Reader

A Delicate Aggression- Kurt Vonnegut at the Iowa Writers' Workshop

Teaching "Harrison Bergeron"

Waking People Up to the Prophetic Voice of Kurt Vonnegut

Building the Monkey House

Kurt Vonnegut, Romance Writer

Planetary Citizen

Lonesome No More

American Fascism

Tilting the Axis

Vonnegut as Cultural Guide-Kurt Vonnegut in the Soviet Union

The Writer's Crusade

Recreating the Same Old Nightmare

Germs of Some Loathsome Disease

New Adventures in Scholarship

The Vonnegutians

Breaking Down Vonnegut

An Overwhelming Treasure Trove

The Vonnegut Encyclopedia

Vonnegut and Hemingway

A Landmark for Common Decency

Beyond the Page

Kurt Vonnegut: YouTuber

Forever Altering Perceptions of Life

Staging Happy Birthday, Wanda June

Firing the Flare Gun and Shouting "Read it again!"

Two Guys from the Same Family

Bringing the Sirens to the Stage

Directing Mother Night

And All Music Is Sacred

Talking Vonnegut

About the Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Augello, Chuck Talking Vonnegut

ISBN:

9781476649603

OCLC:

1378389898