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Kurt Vonnegut

- Features
- 12 Dec 05
Your Guess Is as Good as Mine

Most of you, if not all of you, like me, feel inadequately educated. That is an ordinary feeling for… more

vol. 29, iss. 26
- News
- 03 Mar 05
Susan Sontag and Arthur Miller

Dr. Marc Leeds, PhD, an English teacher and old friend of mine, albeit 30 years my junior, recently asked… more

vol. 29, iss. 09
- Features
- 23 Dec 04
American Christmas Card 2004

As a special holiday treat for its readers, In These Times asked Kurt Vonnegut for his thoughts on the… more

vol. 29, iss. 04
- Culture
- 24 Nov 04
Have I Got a Car for You!

I used to be the owner and manager of an automobile dealership in West Barnstable, Massachusetts, called “Saab Cape… more

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- Features
- 29 Oct 04
The End is Near

I am writing this before the election, so I cannot know whether George W. Bush or John F. Kerry will be our President, God willing... more

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- Culture
- 15 Oct 04
Requiem for a Dreamer

Editor’s note: What follows is a conversation between Kurt Vonnegut and out-of-print science fiction writer Kilgore Trout. It was… more

vol. 28, iss. 25
- Culture
- 06 Aug 04
I Love You, Madame Librarian

I, like probably most of you, have seen Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11. Its title is a parody of the… more

vol. 28, iss. 20
- Features
- 10 May 04
Cold Turkey

Many years ago, I was so innocent I still considered it possible that we could become the humane and… more

vol. 28, iss. 14 politics
- Culture
- 24 Mar 04
False Advertising

I recently gave a speech in Cleveland. I feel so safe there. The bi-partisanship of Neocons working in perfect harmony... more

vol. 28, iss. 10 corporations, economy
- Features
- 05 Feb 04
State of the Asylum

On the afternoon of Tuesday, January 20, In These Times received a fax: ON ORANGE ALERT HERE. ECONIMIC TERRORIST ATTACK... more

vol. 28, iss. 07
- Features
- 06 Nov 03
Knowing What’s Nice

Author’s note: I’m working on a novel, If God Were Alive Today, about a fictitious man, Gil Berman, 36… more

vol. 27, iss. 26
- Culture
- 09 May 03
Strange Weather Lately

The following is adapted from a Clemens Lecture presented in April for the Mark Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut.… more

vol. 27, iss. 14
- Culture
- 14 Apr 03
Dear Mr. Vonnegut,

The other day I was asked to do the now common act of taking off my shoes at the… more

vol. 27, iss. 12
- Culture
- 24 Mar 03
Dear Mr. Vonnegut,

What on earth happened to American journalists so that they let fanatics toy with them? Andrés Hoyos, Bogota, Colombia… more

vol. 27, iss. 10
- Culture
- 28 Feb 03
Dear Mr. Vonnegut,

The recent Kurt Vonnegut interview (“Kurt Vonnegut vs. !&#*@,” February 17, 2003) has become the most popular story at… more

vol. 27, iss. 09