Kurt Vonnegut, the legendary author, WWII veteran, humanist, artist and smoker, was an In These Times senior editor until his death in April 2007. His classic works include Slaughterhouse-Five, Breakfast of Champions and Cat’s Cradle, among many others. The last book by him published before his death, A Man Without a Country (2005), collects many of the articles he wrote for this magazine.
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Ode To America’s Freshwater People
On Abraham Lincoln, Carl Sandburg, Mrs. O'Leary's cow, and other Midwesterners.
Kurt Vonnegut
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Your Guess Is as Good as Mine
Kurt Vonnegut
Dispatch
Susan Sontag and Arthur Miller
Kurt Vonnegut
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American Christmas Card 2004
Kurt Vonnegut
Culture
Have I Got a Car for You!
Kurt Vonnegut
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The End is Near
Kurt Vonnegut
Culture
Requiem for a Dreamer
Kurt Vonnegut
Culture
I Love You, Madame Librarian
Kurt Vonnegut
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Cold Turkey
Kurt Vonnegut
Culture
False Advertising
Kurt Vonnegut
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State of the Asylum
A conversation between the novelist Kurt Vonnegut and science fiction writer Kilgore Trout on President Bush's 2004 State of the Union address
Kurt Vonnegut
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Knowing What’s Nice
Kurt Vonnegut
Culture
Strange Weather Lately
Kurt Vonnegut
Culture
Dear Mr. Vonnegut,
Kurt Vonnegut
Culture
Dear Mr. Vonnegut,
Kurt Vonnegut
Culture
Dear Mr. Vonnegut,
Kurt Vonnegut
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
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