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Like many of us who wind up writers, Kurt Vonnegut was a deeply wounded soul. As Charles Shields recounts in his biography of the ironic author "And So It Goes," Vonnegut's mother offed herself after the family lost its wealth...  

Yes, it’s that time again when hecklerspray leads you by the hand through the murky, briny underbelly of the internet in our Tumblr Trawler. For those of you that might be wondering, it’s actually a real boat that we use to burn the carcasses of hecklerspray writers who have passed onto Valhalla.  It’s been a [...]  

In his 2005 essay collection, "A Man Without a Country," Kurt Vonnegut passed along advice to readers he'd once received from his uncle, Alex: "I urge you to please notice when you are happy," he wrote, "and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.' "  

To recognize their contributions to literature, the New York State Writers Hall of Fame inducted Kurt Vonnegut ’44 and Toni Morrison M.A. ’55 on Jan. 11 at the Forbes Gallery in New York City. At Cornell, Vonnegut studied chemistry while ...  

In his 2005 essay collection, "A Man Without a Country," Kurt Vonnegut passed along advice to readers he'd once received from his uncle, Alex: "I urge you to please notice when you are happy," he wrote, "and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If ...  

For devoted fans of quirky, unusual science fiction, this is an homage to Vonnegut, one of the 20th century's greatest, wisest, most open-minded yet misanthropic SF writers.Contributor: bobbygwPublished: Jan 04, 2012  

The Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library (KVML) sent out a holiday card this year, turning the author’s famous phrase from Slaughterhouse-Five into a Christmas-y greeting. We’ve embedded a photo of the card above, thanks to Writers Digest. You can visit the ...  

A prolific and hard-working writer, Vonnegut took his craft seriously. This description of Billy Pilgrim and other Yankee PoWs coming to the surface after the Dresden firebombing matches Hemingway: "The sky was black with smoke. The sun was an angry little pinhead.  

He lost weight, let his hair go long and curly, added his now-iconic mustache and tailored his speeches to an audience that expected him to moralize, Shields writes. While Vonnegut often is identified with Mark Twain -- a branding Vonnegut ...  

As government, federal regulators and big-money private investors try to figure out a plan for bulk sales of foreclosed properties, big banks are already making deals, but they are few and far between....  

CLARK FREEPORT -- As a way to preserve Kapampangan literature and culture, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) has encouraged local writers to write in the Kapampangan language.  

I know, I know, I am a week late for this writing prompt. Better late than never, I suppose. Anyway, this is where I write. Specifically, this is where I sit when I write. . . .  

LOS ANGELES, Jan 15 (TheWrap.com) - Wondering what caused the apocalypic outbreak of walkers on "The Walking Dead"? Keep wondering.  

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