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The Letters of Kurt Vonnegut

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Shaun Usher
Nov 11, 2022
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Kurt Vonnegut in 1972. Santi Visalli/Getty Images

Today, 11th November 2022, marks 100 years since the birth of Kurt Vonnegut. Most—but not all—of the following excerpts come from Kurt Vonnegut: Letters, a superb collection of Vonnegut’s correspondence ably edited by his friend, Dan Wakefield. According to a sum I just did, that book was published a deca…

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