1922-2007
America lost one of its great twentieth century writers last night. Kurt Vonnegut’s short story “Harrison Bergeron” has long been a staple of my American literature classes, and my students really enjoyed his tips on How to Write with Style (pdf), too.
Sometimes, when I have a male student — a certain kind of disaffected youth who has trouble finding books he likes — I recommend that he read Kurt Vonnegut.
Vonnegut Links:
- Official Website
- The Vonnegut Web
- Interview on The Daily Show from 2005
- Jessica Hagy’s tribute
- New York Times obituary
- Vonnegut sampler from the Times
So it goes.
Technorati Tags: Kurt Vonnegut, Postmodernism, literature
I LOVE Vonnegut. It’s so sad that he’s gone. I found an excerpt of Cat’s Cradle that I’m going to use for my short stories unit, and I can’t wait.