NY Observer > Kurt Vonnegut http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/34707/feed Articles from Observer.com en Our Critic's Tip Sheet on Current Reading: Against the Semicolon; Vonnegut in Dresden; Women at War http://www.observer.com/2008/our-critic-s-tip-sheet-current-reading-11

Last week The Guardian (www.guardian.co.uk) canvassed writers living and dead—an eclectic selection including Jonathan Franzen, Zoë Heller, George Bernard Shaw and Gertrude Stein—for their opinion of the semicolon. Perhaps the most vehement response came from the late Kurt Vonnegut: “If you really want to hurt your parents, and you don’t have the nerve to be a homosexual, the least you can do is go into the arts. But do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites, standing for absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.”  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/our-critic-s-tip-sheet-current-reading-11#comments Arts & Culture Dresden Kurt Vonnegut Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:56:14 -0400 Adam Begley 67477 at http://www.observer.com Did We Lose a Literary Generation Along With Mailer, Vonnegut and Paley This Year? http://www.observer.com/2007/did-we-lose-literary-generation-along-mailer-vonnegut-and-paley-year

Morris Dickstein of The Los Angeles Times wonders if some kind of literary generation has passed away along with the death of Norman Mailer, Grace Paley and Kurt Vonnegut this year. He wrote that, "Critics love the idea of literary generations, but it would be a challenge to find themes or ideas to link the disparate work of Norman Mailer, Grace Paley and Kurt Vonnegut ... [Yet n]o one would mistake a paragraph of theirs for the prose of another writer."  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/did-we-lose-literary-generation-along-mailer-vonnegut-and-paley-year#comments Arts & Culture Grace Paley Kurt Vonnegut Norman Mailer Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:30:53 -0500 Gillian Reagan 62558 at http://www.observer.com Slaughterhouse Five Play Coming to Off-Broadway http://www.observer.com/2007/slaughterhosue-five-play-coming-broadway

Get out your anti-war paint. The Godlight Theatre Company is bringing the staged adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five or: The Children's Crusade is coming to Off-Broadway. Previews will start on Jan. 11 at 59E59 Theaters and run until Feb. 17.

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]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/slaughterhosue-five-play-coming-broadway#comments Arts & Culture Kurt Vonnegut off-broadway theater Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:05:06 -0500 Gillian Reagan 61912 at http://www.observer.com Vonnegut Beats Mailer in Posthumous Sales http://www.observer.com/2007/vonnegut-beats-mailer-posthumous-sales

No writer was more competitive, or ambitious, than Norman Mailer. But if sales are the measure of the public's mind, then honors clearly belong to Kurt Vonnegut, according to the Associated Press.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/vonnegut-beats-mailer-posthumous-sales#comments Arts & Culture Kurt Vonnegut Norman Mailer Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:10:20 -0500 Gillian Reagan 60514 at http://www.observer.com Kurt Vonnegut’s Final Interview(s) http://www.observer.com/2007/kurt-vonnegut-s-final-interview-s

Three different sources claimed to have spoken to the writer last—but none has an indisputable claim.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/kurt-vonnegut-s-final-interview-s#comments Arts & Culture Media Kurt Vonnegut Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:22:06 -0400 Leon Neyfakh 55826 at http://www.observer.com It’s Vonnegut Day! http://www.observer.com/2007/it-s-vonnegut-day

A commissar proposes a fitting way to commemorate the author of Cat’s Cradle and Slaughterhouse-Five. Tralfamadorians rejoice!  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/it-s-vonnegut-day#comments Arts & Culture Kurt Vonnegut Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:18:48 -0400 George Saunders 53189 at http://www.observer.com The Morning Read: Thursday, April 12, 2007 http://www.observer.com/2007/morning-read-thursday-april-12-2007

Andrew Cuomo got the nation's largest student loan company to curb its business practices and pay $2 million to educate the public about the industry.

Unlike George Pataki, Eliot Spitzer based his federal PAC in New York.

Joe Bruno promised to a problem with the Saratoga Springs.

Christine Quinn is getting members in line to override the mayor veto of a cap on pedicabs.

The city comptroller wants to know if Wal-Mart spied on its shareholders.

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]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/morning-read-thursday-april-12-2007#comments Politics Andrew Cuomo Christine Quinn Eliot Sptizer Joe Bruno John Edwards John McCain Joseph Biden Kurt Vonnegut Rudolph Giuliani Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:38:42 -0400 Azi Paybarah 53116 at http://www.observer.com Promise and Peril Of Fleeing New York— And Coming Back http://www.observer.com/node/39148 I was leaving New York for good.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/39148#comments Style Columbus Gramercy Park Kurt Vonnegut White Hall Sun, 23 Jul 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Laura Dave 39148 at http://www.observer.com Promise and Peril Of Fleeing New York- And Coming Back http://www.observer.com/node/52463 I was leaving New York for good.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/52463#comments Style Columbus Kurt Vonnegut Laura Dave White Hall Sun, 23 Jul 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Laura Dave 52463 at http://www.observer.com Sad Sacks in Lock Step, Haunted by Penitent Ghosts http://www.observer.com/node/38716 The typical protagonist of a George Saunders story is a sad sack with a humiliating job (often invol  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/38716#comments Arts & Culture George Saunders Kurt Vonnegut RE/MAX International Inc. Sun, 23 Apr 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Regina Marler 38716 at http://www.observer.com