Heather Augustyn is a correspondent for The Times of Northwest Indiana and a contributing editor for Shore Magazine. She has written for The Village Voice and E! The Environmental Magazine and is an avid reader of Vonnegut’s works.

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Kurt Vonnegut’s Last Interview
The late, great author on family, freethinkers and the entertainment in Indiana
Heather Augustyn
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
Freelance contributors are essential to the quality and success of In These Times and independent media, and this agreement is one way to demonstrate their value to our publication and our commitment to transparency.
For more information about the National Writers Union, visit nwu.org.
Read the full agreement, which reaffirms a floor for the rates of our freelance editorial content, as well as our current rates (which are higher) and submissions guidelines below.