Kurt Vonnegut, one who has seen the horrors of war, was a passionate opponent of guns in civilian hands.
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How Vonnegut Faced His Demons
Thursday To honor the 50th anniversary of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five, I am reposting an essay about how Vonnegut used science fiction to come to terms with the Battle of the Bulge and the Dresden bombing, both of which he experienced first-hand. I owe the ideas to student Chris Hammond, who devoted his senior project […]
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Panicked by Trump? Turn to Lit
As Trump panic starts to set in, pundits are turning to literature to get an understanding of how it has all happened. This past week saw references to “Oedipus,” “Frankenstein,” “War and Peace,” and “Slaughterhouse Five.”
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Vonnegut’s Sci Fi Says the Unsayable
Yesterday I spent all day—from 9 am to 6 pm with occasional breaks—listening to our English majors present their senior projects. That I was energized rather than drained by the experience testifies to the strength of the talks. In today’s post I report on my student Chris Hammond’s essay on Kurt Vonnegut’s use of science […]
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Vonnegut’s Sci Fi, a Response to PTSD
Kurt Vonnegut’s science fiction can be seen as a way of coping with his PTSD.
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Roger Ebert’s Kinship with Whitman
In reflecting on death and dying, Roger Ebert turned to literature rather than to film.
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