{"product_id":"talking-vonnegut-9781476690704","title":"Talking Vonnegut","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   This collection of 29 interviews explores the outer reaches of the Kurt Vonnegut universe. Conversations reveal how Robert B. Weide''s letter to Kurt led to a long friendship and an acclaimed documentary, how readers in the former Soviet Union fell in love with Vonnegut during the Cold War, how Ryan North and Albert Monteys adapted\u003ci\u003eSlaughterhouse-Five\u003c\/i\u003e into a graphic novel, how two podcasters introduced him to a new generation of readers, and how Vonnegut''s time teaching at the Iowa Writers Workshop helped transform him from an unknown paperback writer into a literary superstar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Also included are eight essays by the author.These cover Vonnegut''s thoughts on guns and loneliness, evaluate his posthumous publications, offer a guide to the best Vonnegut videos available online, and ask questions like Was Kurt Vonnegut secretly a romance writer? A resource for students, scholars and fans, this book offers windows into Vonnegut''s life and art that are often overlooked \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat a book! All these facets make for a most complete portrait of Kurt Vonnegut.\"—Jerome Klinkowitz, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Vonnegut Effect\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKurt Vonnegut's America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Adventures in the Vonnegutsphere: Or, How I Came to Create The Daily Vonnegut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeginnings and Endings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKurt Vonnegut: The Pop Quiz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Brothers Vonnegut: An Interview with Ginger Strand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLove, Kurt—The Vonnegut Love Letters: An Interview with Edith Vonnegut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKurt Vonnegut's Last Interview: An Interview with Heather Augustyn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKurt Vonnegut Remembered: An Interview with Jim O'Loughlin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne Thief Was Saved: An Interview with Jerome Klinkowitz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePosthumous Vonnegut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Classroom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLessons from the Monkey House\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePity the Reader: An Interview with Suzanne McConnell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Delicate Aggression—Kurt Vonnegut at the Iowa Writers' Workshop: An Interview with David O. Dowling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeaching \"Harrison Bergeron\": An Interview with Benjamin Reed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWaking People Up to the Prophetic Voice of Kurt Vonnegut: An Interview with Steve Almond\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilding the Monkey House: An Interview with Gregory Sumner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKurt Vonnegut, Romance Writer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlanetary Citizen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLonesome No More: Kurt Vonnegut's Sunny Little Dream\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmerican Fascism: An Interview with Susan Farrell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTilting the Axis: An Interview with Christina Jarvis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVonnegut as Cultural Guide—Kurt Vonnegut in the Soviet Union: An Interview with Sarah D. Phillips\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Writer's Crusade: An Interview with Tom Roston\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecreating the Same Old Nightmare: An Interview with Josh Privett\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGerms of Some Loathsome Disease: Kurt Vonnegut on Guns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew Adventures in Scholarship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Vonnegutians\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBreaking Down Vonnegut: An Interview with Julia Whitehead\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Overwhelming Treasure Trove: An Interview with Isabel Planton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Vonnegut Encyclopedia: An Interview with Marc Leeds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVonnegut and Hemingway: An Interview with Lawrence R. Broer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Landmark for Common Decency\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeyond the Page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKurt Vonnegut: YouTuber\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForever Altering Perceptions of Life: An Interview with Ryan North and Albert Monteys\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStaging Happy Birthday, Wanda June: An Interview with Jeff Wise and Matt Harrington\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFiring the Flare Gun and Shouting \"Read it again!\" An Interview with Alex Schmidt and Michael Swaim\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo Guys from the Same Family: An Interview with Robert Weide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBringing the Sirens to the Stage: An Interview with Ben Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirecting Mother Night: An Interview with Keith Gordon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd All Music Is Sacred: An Interview with Richard Auldon Clark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTalking Vonnegut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742571757911,"sku":"9781476690704","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476690704.jpg?v=1758385312","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/talking-vonnegut-9781476690704","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}