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lettersofnote.com - 11/19/2009

Slaughterhouse Five

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In December of 1944, whilst behind enemy lines during the Rhineland Campaign , Private Kurt Vonnegut was captured by Wehrmacht troops and subsequently became a prisoner of war. A month later, Vonnegut and his fellow POWs reached a Dresden work camp where they were imprisoned in an underground ...

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philly.com - 11/22/2009

Writings left behind by Vonnegut | Philadelphia Inquirer | 11/22/2009

— philly.com — Look at the Birdie Unpublished Short Fiction By Kurt Vonnegut Delacorte Press. 272 pp. $27 Reviewed by... Michael Harrington When a renowned author dies, two critical processes begin: first, placing the writer in the pantheon; and second, digging out ... (more) Writings left behind by Vonnegut | Philadelphia Inquirer ...

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npr.org - 11/12/2009

'Paris Review' Author Interviews: 50 Years Of Insight

— npr.org — Nowadays we're inundated with authors' commentary on their work. Jose Saramago blogs. Margaret Atwood Tweets. Literary novelists... are expected to be available for phone chats with book clubs. It's difficult in the midst of all this lit-chatter to ... (more) 'Paris Review' Author Interviews: 50 Years Of Insight

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therumpus.net - 11/15/2009

Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt

— therumpus.net — The year I met Steve Almond was also the year I picked up (Not That You Asked)... and the year I read his gorgeous homage to Kurt Vonnegut, “Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt.” It’s the crown jewel of a solid essay ... (more) Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt

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http://www.lettersofnote.com/2009/11/slaughterhouse-five.html Back-story to one of my favourite books. 12/17/2009

Slaughterhouse Five: http://www.lettersofnote.com/2009/11/slaughterhouse-five.html via @addthis 12/15/2009

@RaynaReads -- I think you'll like this one particularly: Slaughterhouse Five: http://bit.ly/4vSK6F 12/14/2009

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SF Tidbits for 11/19/09
SF Signal — ... Bar in NYC. Articles The World SF News Blog on Where is the World in the World Fantasy Awards? (also be sure to read the comments by Cheryl K. Morgan). Tobias Buckell on The hard truths of freelancing/writing. Scott Edelman on The Prisoner Con That Never Was. POW Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s Letter Home. Jason Sanford on How did you come to the SF genres? Kurt Vonnegut letter on his capture & survival in a repatriation camp. (via Juliet Ulman) ...

ampere’s and
3:AM Magazine — ... Today’s quick lit [& alt.cult] links from around the web: Kurt Vonnegut’s letter to his family describing his capture & survival in a repatriation camp (via @drmabuse) & Edward Gorey, lost & found & A history of 16 Sc-Fi classics, told in book covers (via The Casual Optimist) & Bookkake on Michael Butterworth’s Corridor8 & Francis Bacon, A Terrible Beauty ...

One of those mixed up linkbuckets
Rarely Likable — ... to fit in your Moleskine notebook. Since I put up my Twitter page, I might as well put up my Facebook page. On condescension. I recently spent a pleasant afternoon reading this summary of the Twilight series. Ignore that it's LiveJournal, it's pretty amusing. (via mefi) I have no interest in seeing any of the first three movies, but I will be first in line for Breaking Dawn. Because that is just bizarre. Kurt Vonnegut's letter to his family, detailing his capture and survival in a ...

Morning Coffee
The Rumpus.net — Kurt Vonnegut’s letter home. Abandoned wood burning stoves. A look inside a San Francisco opium den circa 1889. Rebecca Ward’s tape installations. pickled evidence for evolution. Related posts: Morning Coffee Morning Coffee Morning Coffee

Silliman's Blog — ... Brad Leithauser’s The Art Student’s War § Alice Munro’s Object Lesson § Phillip Lopate: My favorite book from 2009 § Novica Tadić’s Dark Things § Vonnegut’s letter home § What we talk about ...

“A Sensitive, Intelligent, Talented Young Actor in a Reversible Coat wouldn’t nearly be enough.”
The Second Pass — ... my undoubtedly super-biassed opinion, is essentially unactable. A Sensitive, Intelligent, Talented Young Actor in a Reversible Coat wouldn’t nearly be enough. [. . .] I’ll stop there. I’m afraid I can only tell you, to end with, that I feel very firm about all this, if you haven’t already guessed. Thank you, though, for your friendly and highly readable letter. My mail from producers has mostly been hell. Other highlights include: A letter from Kurt Vonnegut to his family from a repatriation camp in 1945; a heartwarming exchange ...