Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut Literary Conversations Series Edited by William Rodney Allen a.b.e-book v3.1 / Notes at EOF Back Cover: Kurt Vonnegut says "I've worked with enough students to know what beginning writers are like, and if they will just talk to me for twenty minutes I can help them so much, because there are such simple things to know. Make a character want something -- that's how you begin." William Rodney Allen teaches English at the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts. He is the author ofWalker Percy: The Southern Wayfarer. Books by Kurt Vonnegut Player Piano. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. The Sirens of Titan. New York: Dell, 1959. Mother Night. Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett, 1961. Cat's Cradle. New York: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston, 1963. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. New York: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston, 1965. Welcome to the Monkey House. New York: Delacorte/Seymour Lawrence, 1968. Slaughterhouse-Five. New York: Delacorte/Seymour Lawrence, 1971. Between Time and Timbuktu, or Promethus 5. New York: Delacorte/Seymour Lawrence, 1972. Breakfast of Champions. New York: Delacorte/Seymour Lawrence, 1973. Wampeters, Foma, & Granfalloons: Opinions. New York: Delacorte/Seymour Lawrence, 1974. Slapstick. New York: Delacorte/Seymour Lawrence, 1976. Jailbird. New York: Delacorte/Seymour Lawrence, 1979. Palm Sunday. New York: Delacorte/Seymour Lawrence, 1981 Deadeye Dick. New York: Delacorte/Seymour Lawrence, 1982. Galápagos. New York: Delacorte/Seymour Lawrence, 1985. Bluebeard. New York: Delacorte/Seymour Lawrence, 1987.
Hocus Pocus. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1990. Fates Worse Than Death: An Autobiographical Collage. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1991. Timequake. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1997. (Note from Scanner:As of June 2004, the only other books Vonnegut has published areBagombo Snuff Box,God Bless You, Dr. KevorkianandLike Shaking Hands with God. For some reason,Canary in a Cat House,Sun Star Moon (Ya),Nothing is Lost Save HonorandHappy Birthday, Wanda Junewere not included in the above list.) Copyright © 1988 by the University Press of Mississippi All rights reserved 7th printing, 2003 The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Vonnegut, Kurt. Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut / edited by William Rodney Allen. p. cm. -- (Literary conversations series) The interviews took place between early 1969 and Oct. 17, 1987. Includes index. ISBN 0-87805-357-3 (alk. paper). ISBN 0-87805-358-1 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Vonnegut, Kurt -- Interviews. 2. Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Interviews. 3. Fiction -- Authorship. L Allen, William Rodney II Title. III Series. PS3572.05Z463 1988 813'.54 -- dc19 88-13968 CIP Contents Introduction Chronology Kurt Vonnegut, Head BokononistC. D. B. Bryan Kurt VonnegutRobert Taylor The Now Generation Knew Him WhenWilfred Sheed Kurt VonnegutHarry Reasoner Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Lights Comic Paths of DespairIsrael Shenker Vonnegut Is Having Fun Doing a PlayMel Gussow Kurt's College Cult Adopts Him as Literary Guru at 48Carol Kramer The Masks of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.Richard Todd The Conscience of the WriterPublishers Weekly Running Experiments Off: An InterviewLaurie Clancy 'Unstuck in Time'. . . a Real Kurt Vonnegut: The Reluctant Guru of Searching YouthWilliam T. Noble
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