List of works by Kurt Vonnegut
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The bibliography of Kurt Vonnegut
(1922–2007) includes essays, books, and fiction written by the Indianapolis-based author. Vonnegut began his literary career with science fiction
short stories and novels, but abandoned the genre to focus on political writings and painting in his later life.
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was a 20th century American writer. His works such as Cat's Cradle , Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions blend satire, gallows humor and science fiction. He was known for his humanist beliefs and was honorary president of the American Humanist Association.-Early...
(1922–2007) includes essays, books, and fiction written by the Indianapolis-based author. Vonnegut began his literary career with science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
short stories and novels, but abandoned the genre to focus on political writings and painting in his later life.
Novels
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| Player Piano Player Piano Player Piano, author Kurt Vonnegut's first novel, was published in 1952. It is a dystopia of automation and capitalism, describing the dereliction they cause in the quality of life. The... |
Published as Utopia 14 in 1954, published again as Player Piano in 1966 | |
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| Mother Night Mother Night Mother Night is a novel by American author Kurt Vonnegut, first published in 1961. The title of the book is taken from Goethe's Faust.... |
Adapted as a film in 1996 Mother Night (film) Mother Night is a 1996 film based on Kurt Vonnegut's 1961 book of the same name.Nick Nolte stars as Howard W. Campbell, Jr., an American who moves with his family to Germany after World War I and goes on to become a successful German language playwright... |
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| Cat's Cradle Cat's Cradle Cat's Cradle is the fourth novel by American writer Kurt Vonnegut, first published in 1963. It explores issues of science, technology, and religion, satirizing the arms race and many other targets along the way... |
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| Later adapted with book and lyrics by Howard Ashman Howard Ashman Howard Elliott Ashman was an American playwright and lyricist. Ashman first studied at Boston University and Goddard College and then went on to achieve his master's degree from Indiana University in 1974... and music by Alan Menken Alan Menken Alan Menken is an American musical theatre and film composer and pianist.Menken is best known for his numerous scores for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. His scores for The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Pocahontas have each won him two Academy Awards... ; additional lyrics by Dennis Green |
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| Nominated for Nebula and Hugo Awards, adapted as a film in 1972 Slaughterhouse-Five (film) Slaughterhouse-Five is a 1972 film based on Kurt Vonnegut's novel of the same name. The screenplay is by Stephen Geller and the film was directed by George Roy Hill. It stars Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, and Valerie Perrine, and features Eugene Roche, Sharon Gans, Holly Near, and Perry King. The... |
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| Adapted as a film in 1999 Breakfast of Champions (film) Breakfast of Champions is a 1999 American comedy film adapted and directed by Alan Rudolph from the novel of the same name by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.-Plot:... |
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| Adapted as a film in 1984 | ||
| Jailbird Jailbird Jailbird is a novel by Kurt Vonnegut, originally published in 1979. Its plot concerns a man recently released from a low security prison after having served time for a minor role in the Watergate scandal. The novel uses a standard memoir format, revealing Walter F... |
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| Deadeye Dick Deadeye Dick Deadeye Dick is a novel by Kurt Vonnegut originally published in 1982.- Plot summary :The novel's main character, Rudy Waltz, nicknamed Deadeye Dick, commits accidental manslaughter as a child and lives his whole life feeling guilty and seeking forgiveness for it... |
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| Hocus Pocus Hocus Pocus (novel) Hocus Pocus is a 1990 novel by Kurt Vonnegut which deals with themes of class, race, crime, suicide, and globalization.-Introduction:Like many of Vonnegut's novels, Hocus Pocus is not organized in a traditional linear fashion, and has a plot centered around a major event which is alluded to early,... |
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| Timequake Timequake Timequake is a semi-autobiographical work by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. published in 1997. Vonnegut described the novel as a "stew", in which he alternates between summarizing a novel he had been struggling with for a number of years, and waxing nostalgic about various events in his life.-Plot... |
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Collections
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| Essays and assorted works | ||
| Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage Palm Sunday (book) Palm Sunday is a 1981 collection of short stories, speeches, essays, letters, and other previously unpublished works by author Kurt Vonnegut Jr.-Content:... |
Short stories, essays, and assorted works | |
| Nothing Is Lost Save Honor: Two Essays | Limited edition of two essays | |
| Fates Worse Than Death: An Autobiographical Collage Fates Worse than Death Fates Worse than Death, subtitled An Autobiographical Collage of the 1980's, is a 1991 collection of essays, speeches, and other previously uncollected writings by author Kurt Vonnegut Jr.. In the introduction to the book, Vonnegut acknowledges that the book is similar to an earlier book, Palm Sunday... |
Essays and assorted works | |
| Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction Bagombo Snuff Box Bagombo Snuff Box is an assortment of short stories written by Kurt Vonnegut published in 1999. The book contains previously published, but uncollected short fiction that did not appear in Vonnegut's previous collection, Welcome to the Monkey House... |
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| God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian, by Kurt Vonnegut, is a collection of short fictional interviews written by Vonnegut and first broadcast on NPR. The title parodies that of Vonnegut's 1965 novel God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.- Synopsis :... |
Fictional interviews originally presented as radio monologues | |
| Essays | ||
| Short stories and essays | ||
| Short stories | ||
| While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Fiction While Mortals Sleep While Mortals Sleep is a collection of sixteen previously unpublished short stories by Kurt Vonnegut, released on January 25, 2011. It is the third posthumously published Kurt Vonnegut book, the first being Armageddon in Retrospect, the second being Look at the Birdie. The book begins with a... |
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Plays
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| Penelope Happy Birthday, Wanda June Happy Birthday, Wanda June is a play by Kurt Vonnegut, and a 1971 film adaptation, directed by Mark Robson.-Plot:The opening of this play is "This is a simple-minded play about men who enjoy killing, and those who don't."... |
Later revised as Happy Birthday, Wanda June and reprinted in 1970 | |
| Published in Better Homes and Gardens Better Homes and Gardens (magazine) Better Homes and Gardens is the fourth best selling magazine in the United States. The editor in Chief is Gayle Butler. Better Homes and Gardens focuses on interests regarding homes, cooking, gardening, crafts, healthy living, decorating, and entertaining. The magazine is published 12 times per... |
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| Fortitude Fortitude (play) Fortitude was written by Kurt Vonnegut in 1968. The brief [19 page] play relates to the issues of robotics and the ethical dilemmas of the "cyborg's rights." It was featured in the anthology, Human-Machines: An Anthology of Stories About Cyborgs. The story was also featured in the 1991... |
One act, published in Playboy Playboy Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with... ; collected in Human-Machines: An Anthology of Stories About Cyborgs, New York: Vintage, 1975. Adapted in episode five of the television series Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House |
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| Requiem | With music by Edgar David Grana | |
| Make Up Your Mind | ||
| Miss Temptation | Adapted by David Cooperman | |
| L'Histoire du Soldat Histoire du soldat Histoire du soldat , composed by Igor Stravinsky, is a 1918 theatrical work "to be read, played, and danced" . The libretto, which is based on a Russian folk tale, was written in French by the Swiss universalist writer C.F. Ramuz... |
A reworked libretto that Vonnegut made into a tale about World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... Private Private (rank) A Private is a soldier of the lowest military rank .In modern military parlance, 'Private' is shortened to 'Pte' in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries and to 'Pvt.' in the United States.Notably both Sir Fitzroy MacLean and Enoch Powell are examples of, rare, rapid career... Eddie Slovik Eddie Slovik Edward Donald Slovik was a private in the United States Army during World War II and the only American soldier to be court-martialled and executed for desertion since the American Civil War.... , the first soldier in the United States military to be executed for desertion Desertion In military terminology, desertion is the abandonment of a "duty" or post without permission and is done with the intention of not returning... since the Civil War American Civil War The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25... . |
Short stories
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| Published in Worlds of If If (magazine) If was an American science fiction magazine launched in March 1952 by Quinn Publications, owned by James L. Quinn. Quinn hired Paul W. Fairman to be the first editor, but early circulation figures were disappointing, and Quinn fired Fairman after only three issues. Quinn then took over the... , collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
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| Published in Cosmopolitan Cosmopolitan (magazine) Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s... , collected in Welcome to the Monkey House |
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| Published in Collier's Weekly Collier's Weekly Collier's Weekly was an American magazine founded by Peter Fenelon Collier and published from 1888 to 1957. With the passage of decades, the title was shortened to Collier's.... , collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House, adapted in episode three of the television series Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House |
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| Published in The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:... , collected in Welcome to the Monkey House |
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| Published in Collier's Weekly Collier's Weekly Collier's Weekly was an American magazine founded by Peter Fenelon Collier and published from 1888 to 1957. With the passage of decades, the title was shortened to Collier's.... , collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
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| Published in Armageddon in Retrospect | ||
| Published in Cosmopolitan Cosmopolitan (magazine) Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s... , collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
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| Published in Again, Dangerous Visions Again, Dangerous Visions Again, Dangerous Visions is the sequel to the science fiction short story anthology Dangerous Visions, first published in 1972. It was edited by Harlan Ellison and illustrated by Ed Emshwiller.... , collected in Palm Sunday |
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| Published in Galaxy Science Fiction Galaxy Science Fiction Galaxy Science Fiction was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by an Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break in to the American market. World Editions hired as editor H. L... , collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House with the title "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" |
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| Published in While Mortals Sleep | ||
| Published in The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:... , collected in Welcome to the Monkey House |
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| Published in Armageddon in Retrospect | ||
| Published in Armageddon in Retrospect | ||
| Published in Look at the Birdie | ||
| Published in Cape Cod Compass, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box | ||
| Published in The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:... , collected in Welcome to the Monkey House |
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| Published in Ladies Home Journal, collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House, adapted as the television film Displaced Person Displaced Person (TV) Displaced Person is a 1985 Emmy award winning drama based on a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. It was directed by Alan Bridges and adapted by Fred Barron from a story in the Welcome to the Monkey House collection. The title of the story in that collection was D.P.As in many other Vonnegut works,... |
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| Published in Esquire Esquire (magazine) Esquire is a men's magazine, published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1932, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich.-History:... , collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House |
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| Published in Look at the Birdie | ||
| Published in Collier's Magazine, revised and collected in Welcome to the Monkey House, adapted in episode four of the television series Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House | ||
| Published in While Mortals Sleep | ||
| Published in Collier's Weekly Collier's Weekly Collier's Weekly was an American magazine founded by Peter Fenelon Collier and published from 1888 to 1957. With the passage of decades, the title was shortened to Collier's.... , collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House, adapted in episode two of the television series Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House |
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| Published in Look at the Birdie | ||
| Published in Cosmopolitan Cosmopolitan (magazine) Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s... , collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
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| Published in Collier's Magazine, collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House, adapted in episode seven of the television series Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House | ||
| Published in While Mortals Sleep | ||
| Published in Ladies Home Journal, collected in Welcome to the Monkey House | ||
| Published in Look at the Birdie | ||
| Published in Armageddon in Retrospect | ||
| Published in Armageddon in Retrospect | ||
| Published in While Mortals Sleep | ||
| Collected in Canary in a Cat House, revised and published again in Bagombo Snuff Box | ||
| Published in Look at the Birdie | ||
| Published in Armageddon in Retrospect | ||
| Published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, collected in Welcome to the Monkey House, adapted as a television film in 1995; a short film in 2006; and a second short film entitled 2081 2081 (film) 2081 is a 2009 science fiction short film, which premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival on May 29, 2009. It is directed and written by Chandler Tuttle... in 2009 |
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| Published in Look at the Birdie | ||
| Published in Monocle Monocle (magazine) Monocle was an American satirical magazine, published irregularly from the late 1950s until the mid-sixties. For at least the majority of its run, it was edited by Victor Navasky. Calvin Trillin, C. D. B... , with Karla Kuskin Karla Kuskin Karla Kuskin was a prolific author, illustrator and reviewer of children's literature. Kuskin was known for her poetic, alliterative style.-Personal life and education:... |
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| Published in Look at the Birdie | ||
| Published in While Mortals Sleep | ||
| Published in While Mortals Sleep | ||
| Collected in Welcome to the Monkey House, originally intended for publication in The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:... in 1963, but canceled after the John F. Kennedy assassination John F. Kennedy assassination John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas... |
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| Published in While Mortals Sleep | ||
| Published in Armageddon in Retrospect | ||
| Published in The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:... , collected in Welcome to the Monkey House |
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| Published in Look at the Birdie | ||
| Published in The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:... , collected in Welcome to the Monkey House |
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| Published in Look at the Birdie | ||
| Published in Ladies Home Journal, collected in Welcome to the Monkey House | ||
| Published in Look at the Birdie | ||
| Published in Redbook Redbook Redbook is an American women's magazine published by the Hearst Corporation. It is one of the "Seven Sisters", a group of women's service magazines.-History:... , collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
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| Published in While Mortals Sleep | ||
| Published in Cosmopolitcan Cosmopolitan (magazine) Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s... , collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House |
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| Serialized on bottles of Denver Public Libation Ale, made by Wynkoop Brewing Company | ||
| Published in The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:... , collected in Welcome to the Monkey House |
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| Published in Collier's Weekly Collier's Weekly Collier's Weekly was an American magazine founded by Peter Fenelon Collier and published from 1888 to 1957. With the passage of decades, the title was shortened to Collier's.... , collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
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| Published in While Mortals Sleep | ||
| Collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House, adapted in episode six of the television series Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House | ||
| Published in While Mortals Sleep | ||
| Published in The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:... , collected in Welcome to the Monkey House as "Who Am I This Time?", adapted as a film in 1983 Who Am I This Time? (film) Who Am I This Time? is a 1982 film directed by Jonathan Demme and based on a short story of the same name by Kurt Vonnegut.-Synopsis:Christopher Walken portrays Harry Nash, a hardware store clerk who has achieved a degree of local celebrity due to his powerful performances in community theater... and a radio drama in 2008 |
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| Published in Cosmopolitan Cosmopolitan (magazine) Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s... , adapted in 1975 for a short film titled Next Door, and, in 1991, adapted in the first episode of the television series Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House |
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| Published in Look at the Birdie | ||
| Published in The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:... , collected in Welcome to the Monkey House |
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| Published in The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:... , collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
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| Published in While Mortals Sleep | ||
| Published in Collier's Weekly Collier's Weekly Collier's Weekly was an American magazine founded by Peter Fenelon Collier and published from 1888 to 1957. With the passage of decades, the title was shortened to Collier's.... , collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
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| Published in Look at the Birdie | ||
| Published in Collier's Weekly Collier's Weekly Collier's Weekly was an American magazine founded by Peter Fenelon Collier and published from 1888 to 1957. With the passage of decades, the title was shortened to Collier's.... , collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
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| Published in Cosmopolitan Cosmopolitan (magazine) Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s... , revised and collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
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| Published in Argosy Argosy (magazine) Argosy was an American pulp magazine, published by Frank Munsey. It is generally considered to be the first American pulp magazine. The magazine began as a general information periodical entitled The Golden Argosy, targeted at the boys adventure market.-Launch of Argosy:In late September 1882,... , collected in Bagombo Snuff Box with the title "A Present for Big Saint Nick" |
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| Published in Collier's Weekly Collier's Weekly Collier's Weekly was an American magazine founded by Peter Fenelon Collier and published from 1888 to 1957. With the passage of decades, the title was shortened to Collier's.... , collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House |
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| Published in The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:... , collected in Welcome to the Monkey House |
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| Published in While Mortals Sleep | ||
| Published in Look at the Birdie | ||
| Published in Look at the Birdie | ||
| Published in Argosy Argosy (magazine) Argosy was an American pulp magazine, published by Frank Munsey. It is generally considered to be the first American pulp magazine. The magazine began as a general information periodical entitled The Golden Argosy, targeted at the boys adventure market.-Launch of Argosy:In late September 1882,... , collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
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| Published in Armageddon in Retrospect | ||
| Published in While Mortals Sleep | ||
| Published in Collier's Weekly Collier's Weekly Collier's Weekly was an American magazine founded by Peter Fenelon Collier and published from 1888 to 1957. With the passage of decades, the title was shortened to Collier's.... , collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
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| Published in The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:... , collected in Welcome to the Monkey House |
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| Collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House | ||
| Published in Armageddon in Retrospect | ||
| Published in Armageddon in Retrospect | ||
| Published in Cosmopolitan Cosmopolitan (magazine) Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s... , collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
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| Published in Galaxy Science Fiction Galaxy Science Fiction Galaxy Science Fiction was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by an Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break in to the American market. World Editions hired as editor H. L... , collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House |
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| Published in Armageddon in Retrospect | ||
| Published in Playboy Playboy Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with... , collected in Welcome to the Monkey House |
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| Published in While Mortals Sleep | ||
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Articles
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| Introduction to Hello, Wanda June | ||
| Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons | ||
| Published in Man Without a Country | ||
| Published in The Montreal Gazette | ||
| Published in In These Times In These Times In These Times is a politically progressive monthly magazine of news and opinion published by the Institute for Public Affairs in Chicago... |
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| (English: "The Poor Interpreters") | Published in The Atlantic Monthly The Atlantic Monthly The Atlantic is an American magazine founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1857. It was created as a literary and cultural commentary magazine. It quickly achieved a national reputation, which it held for more than a century. It was important for recognizing and publishing new writers and poets,... , collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
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| Published in The New York Times The New York Times The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization... |
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| Obituary for his brother, published in The New York Times The New York Times The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization... |
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| Book introduction published in Palm Sunday | ||
| Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons | ||
| Published in The New York Times The New York Times The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization... |
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| Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons | ||
| Address at Rededication of Whaton College Library, 1973 published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons | ||
| Published in American Film | ||
| Treatment for a musical comedy based on Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, published in Palm Sunday | ||
| Published in Bagombo Snuff Box | ||
| Published in In These Times In These Times In These Times is a politically progressive monthly magazine of news and opinion published by the Institute for Public Affairs in Chicago... |
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| Letter published in Palm Sunday | ||
| Letter published in Palm Sunday | ||
| Published in In These Times In These Times In These Times is a politically progressive monthly magazine of news and opinion published by the Institute for Public Affairs in Chicago... |
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| Published in In These Times In These Times In These Times is a politically progressive monthly magazine of news and opinion published by the Institute for Public Affairs in Chicago... |
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| Published in In These Times In These Times In These Times is a politically progressive monthly magazine of news and opinion published by the Institute for Public Affairs in Chicago... |
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| Published in Man Without a Country | ||
| Published in Man Without a Country | ||
| Published in Man Without a Country | ||
| Review of Prize Stories 1966: The O'Henry Awards, edited by Richard Poirier Richard Poirier Richard Poirier was an American literary critic.He co-founded the Library of America, and served as chairman of its board. He was the Marius Bewley Professor of American and English Literature at Rutgers University... and William Abrahams, published in The New York Times Book Review The New York Times Book Review The New York Times Book Review is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely read book review publications in the industry. The offices are located near Times Square in New York... |
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| Published in Esquire Esquire (magazine) Esquire is a men's magazine, published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1932, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich.-History:... |
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| Introduction to an edition of Slaughterhouse-Five, published in Palm Sunday | ||
| Published in In These Times In These Times In These Times is a politically progressive monthly magazine of news and opinion published by the Institute for Public Affairs in Chicago... |
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| Review of Once a Greek... by Friedrich Dürrenmatt Friedrich Dürrenmatt Friedrich Dürrenmatt was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophically deep crime novels, and often macabre satire... , published in The New York Times Book Review The New York Times Book Review The New York Times Book Review is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely read book review publications in the industry. The offices are located near Times Square in New York... |
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| Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons | ||
| Review of Any God Will Do by Richard Condon Richard Condon Richard Thomas Condon was a prolific and popular American political novelist whose satiric works were generally presented in the form of thrillers or semi-thrillers... , published in The New York Times Book Review The New York Times Book Review The New York Times Book Review is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely read book review publications in the industry. The offices are located near Times Square in New York... |
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| Published in In These Times In These Times In These Times is a politically progressive monthly magazine of news and opinion published by the Institute for Public Affairs in Chicago... |
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| Lecture at St. John the Divine, New York City, May 23, 1982, published in Nothing Is Lost Save Honor | ||
| Speech published in Palm Sunday | ||
| Published in A Saucer of Loneliness, Volume VII: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon Theodore Sturgeon Theodore Sturgeon was an American science fiction author.His most famous novel is More Than Human .-Biography:... |
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| Speech published in Palm Sunday | ||
| Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons | ||
| Published in In These Times In These Times In These Times is a politically progressive monthly magazine of news and opinion published by the Institute for Public Affairs in Chicago... |
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| Published in The Nation The Nation The Nation is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States. The periodical, devoted to politics and culture, is self-described as "the flagship of the left." Founded on July 6, 1865, It is published by The Nation Company, L.P., at 33 Irving Place, New York City.The Nation... |
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| Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons | ||
| Published in Man Without a Country | ||
| Commencement address published in Palm Sunday | ||
| Essay published in Palm Sunday | ||
| Review of Games People Play Games People Play (book) Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships is a 1964 bestselling book by psychiatrist Eric Berne. Since its publication it has sold more than five million copies. The book describes both functional and dysfunctional social interactions.... by Eric Berne Eric Berne Eric Berne was a Canadian-born psychiatrist best known as the creator of transactional analysis and the author of Games People Play.-Background and education:... , published in Life Life (magazine) Life generally refers to three American magazines:*A humor and general interest magazine published from 1883 to 1936. Time founder Henry Luce bought the magazine in 1936 solely so that he could acquire the rights to its name.... |
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| Speech published in Palm Sunday | ||
| Published in Man Without a Country | ||
| Published in In These Times In These Times In These Times is a politically progressive monthly magazine of news and opinion published by the Institute for Public Affairs in Chicago... |
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| Published in Man Without a Country | ||
| Published in Man Without a Country | ||
| Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons | ||
| Review of The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby is the title of Tom Wolfe's first collected book of essays, published in 1965... by Tom Wolfe Tom Wolfe Thomas Kennerly "Tom" Wolfe, Jr. is a best-selling American author and journalist. He is one of the founders of the New Journalism movement of the 1960s and 1970s.-Early life and education:... , published in The New York Times Book Review The New York Times Book Review The New York Times Book Review is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely read book review publications in the industry. The offices are located near Times Square in New York... |
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| Edition published by The Easton Press | ||
| Edition published by The Easton Press | ||
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| Funerary speech published in Palm Sunday | ||
| Rejected introduction to an edition of Swift's Gulliver's Travels Gulliver's Travels Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, better known simply as Gulliver's Travels , is a novel by Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of... , published in Palm Sunday |
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| Published in In These Times In These Times In These Times is a politically progressive monthly magazine of news and opinion published by the Institute for Public Affairs in Chicago... |
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| Speech, published in Armageddon in Retrospect | ||
| Published in Playboy Playboy Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with... |
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| Review of The Random House Dictionary, published in The New York Times Book Review The New York Times Book Review The New York Times Book Review is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely read book review publications in the industry. The offices are located near Times Square in New York... , collected in Wampeters, Foma and Granfaloons as "New Dictionary" |
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| Funerary speech published in Palm Sunday | ||
| Letter | Letter published in Science Fiction Review | |
| Letter published in Look at the Birdie | ||
| Published in Armageddon in Retrospect | ||
| Letter published in (English: The Role of Religion in the Novels of Kurt Vonnegut, ISBN 3-89406-106-5) | ||
| Published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | ||
| Introduction to a paperback compilation of Céline's final three novels, published in Palm Sunday | ||
| Speech published in Palm Sunday | ||
| Review of The Boss by Goffredo Parise Goffredo Parise Goffredo Parise was an Italian writer and journalist. He won the Viareggio Prize in 1965 and the Strega Prize in 1982. He was an atheist.-References:... , published in The New York Times Book Review The New York Times Book Review The New York Times Book Review is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely read book review publications in the industry. The offices are located near Times Square in New York... |
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| Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons | ||
| Speech published in Palm Sunday | ||
| Published in Man Without a Country | ||
| Published in Man Without a Country | ||
| Published in Forbes Forbes Forbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week... |
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| Published in The Guardian The Guardian The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format... |
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| Sermon published in Palm Sunday | ||
| Address to the American Physical Society American Physical Society The American Physical Society is the world's second largest organization of physicists, behind the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. The Society publishes more than a dozen scientific journals, including the world renowned Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, and organizes more than 20... , published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
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| Playboy Playboy Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with... interview |
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| Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons | ||
| Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons | ||
| Published in Man Without a Country | ||
| Published in North American Review North American Review The North American Review was the first literary magazine in the United States. Founded in Boston in 1815 by journalist Nathan Hale and others, it was published continuously until 1940, when publication was suspended due to J. H. Smyth, who had purchased the magazine, being unmasked as a Japanese... |
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| Published in In These Times In These Times In These Times is a politically progressive monthly magazine of news and opinion published by the Institute for Public Affairs in Chicago... |
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| Speech published in Palm Sunday | ||
| Published in Man Without a Country | ||
| Published in The New York Times Book Review The New York Times Book Review The New York Times Book Review is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely read book review publications in the industry. The offices are located near Times Square in New York... , collected in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
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| Review of Up the Down Staircase Up the Down Staircase Up the Down Staircase is a humorous novel written by Bel Kaufman, and published in 1965.-Plot summary:The plot revolves around Sylvia Barrett, an idealistic English teacher at an inner-city high school who hopes to nurture her students' interest in classic literature and writing... by Bel Kaufman Bel Kaufman Bella "Bel" Kaufman is an American teacher and author, best known for writing the 1965 bestselling novel Up the Down Staircase.-Early life:... , published in Life Life (magazine) Life generally refers to three American magazines:*A humor and general interest magazine published from 1883 to 1936. Time founder Henry Luce bought the magazine in 1936 solely so that he could acquire the rights to its name.... |
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| Self-interview | Published in The Paris Review, collected in Palm Sunday | |
| Something Happened Something Happened Something Happened is Joseph Heller's second novel . Its main character and narrator is Bob Slocum, a businessman who engages in a stream of consciousness narrative about his job, his family, his childhood, his sexual escapades, and his own psyche.While there is an ongoing plot about Slocum... by Joseph Heller Joseph Heller Joseph Heller was a US satirical novelist, short story writer, and playwright. His best known work is Catch-22, a novel about US servicemen during World War II... |
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| Published in In These Times In These Times In These Times is a politically progressive monthly magazine of news and opinion published by the Institute for Public Affairs in Chicago... |
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| Published in In These Times In These Times In These Times is a politically progressive monthly magazine of news and opinion published by the Institute for Public Affairs in Chicago... |
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| Published in In These Times In These Times In These Times is a politically progressive monthly magazine of news and opinion published by the Institute for Public Affairs in Chicago... |
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| Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons | ||
| Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons | ||
| Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons | ||
| Commencement address published in Palm Sunday | ||
| Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons | ||
| Essay published in Palm Sunday | ||
| Review of Absent Without Leave by Heinrich Böll Heinrich Böll Heinrich Theodor Böll was one of Germany's foremost post-World War II writers. Böll was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize in 1967 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972.- Biography :... , published in The New York Times Book Review The New York Times Book Review The New York Times Book Review is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely read book review publications in the industry. The offices are located near Times Square in New York... |
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| Address to the Graduating Class at Bennington College Bennington College Bennington College is a liberal arts college located in Bennington, Vermont, USA. The college was founded in 1932 as a women's college and became co-educational in 1969.-History:-Early years:... , 1970 published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
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| Speech published in Palm Sunday | ||
| Address to the National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1971 published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons | ||
| Essay published in Palm Sunday | ||
| Essay published in Palm Sunday | ||
| Published in The Humanist | ||
| Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons | ||
| Published in Utne Reader Utne Reader Utne Reader is an American bimonthly magazine. The magazine collects and reprints articles on politics, culture, and the environment from generally alternative media sources, including journals, newsletters, weeklies, zines, music and DVDs... |
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| Speech published in Palm Sunday | ||
| Published in Rolling Stone Rolling Stone Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J... |
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| Published in Nothing Is Lost Save Honor | ||
| Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons | ||
| Published in Venture-Traveler's World, collected in Welcome to the Monkey House with the title "Where I Live" | ||
| Published in In These Times In These Times In These Times is a politically progressive monthly magazine of news and opinion published by the Institute for Public Affairs in Chicago... |
Interviews
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| Like Shaking Hands with God: A Conversation About Writing Like Shaking Hands With God Like Shaking Hands With God is a book which consists of two conversations between Kurt Vonnegut and Lee Stringer with Ross Klavan as moderator and containing a foreword by Daniel Simon. It was published in 1999... |
A conversation between Kurt Vonnegut and Lee Stringer Lee Stringer Lee Stringer is a writer who lived, homeless and crack-addicted, on the streets of New York City from the early eighties until the mid-nineties. He is a former editor and columnist of Street News. His essays and articles have appeared in a variety of publications, including The Nation, The New York... , moderated by Ross Klavan |
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| Interview with Joel Bleifuss Joel Bleifuss Joel Bleifuss is an American journalist. He is the editor and publisher of In These Times, a left-wing, Chicago-based news magazine founded in the 1976 by James Weinstein. During Bleifuss' tenure, the magazine has carried articles and columns by members of the U.S... published in In These Times In These Times In These Times is a politically progressive monthly magazine of news and opinion published by the Institute for Public Affairs in Chicago... |
Other works
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| Poem published in The New York Times Magazine The New York Times Magazine The New York Times Magazine is a Sunday magazine supplement included with the Sunday edition of The New York Times. It is host to feature articles longer than those typically in the newspaper and has attracted many notable contributors... |
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| Between Time and Timbuktu or, Prometheus-5: A Space Fantasy Between Time and Timbuktu Between Time and Timbuktu is a television film directed by Fred Barzyk and based on a number of works by Kurt Vonnegut. Produced by National Educational Television and WGBH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts, it was telecast March 13, 1972 as a NET Playhouse special.The script was primarily written by... |
Written for the National Educational Television Network and based on materials by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. | |
| Sun Moon Star | Children's book illustrated by Ivan Chermayeff |