Topic: Kurt Vonnegut

The wicked side of Indianapolis

As the Super Bowl host on February 5, Indianapolis jumps into the spotlight, and you can bet an ear of corn you'll hear all about its race cars and...
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Vonnegut bio is oddly flat

Toward the end of his biography of Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Charles J. Shields describes Palm Sunday, the late novelist's collection of essays and short ...

Full Circle City

Indianapolis won't ever be mistaken for Miami's South Beach or New Orleans' Bourbon Street, but visitors headed to Circle City for the Super Bowl...

No future for serious reading?

In an article about the good deeds of E.D. Hirsch, the recently deceased American cultural literacy superstar Christopher Hitchens dropped alarming...

Recent arrivals, Dec. 17

New fiction:. . Snuff, by Terry Pratchett; The Artist of Disappearance: Novellas, by Anita Desai. . New non-fiction:. . Fighting for Afghanistan: A...

Kurt Vonnegut at the Writers’ Workshop

I was a student of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop and we remained in touch from those years until his death...
S. Redman White, a bestselling author of children's books, television shows, and feature film for Barney the Dinosaur is shocking booksellers...

Hello, Hoosiers: Kurt Vonnegut in Indianapolis

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. came to my college campus in 1991, at the height of the first Gufl War. Fervantly peacenik, his words inspired our auditorium and...

Open Book: Among Others, by Jo Walton

A few years ago, riding on a Queen Street streetcar in Toronto, I overheard two teenage girls talking about witchcraft. “I'm the head witch of my...