http://emilyw.vox.com/library/posts/tags/kurt+vonnegut/page/1/ with freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy? - oscar wilde en Vox Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:02:09 -0400 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss kurt vonnegut http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/short-review-armageddon-in-retrospect.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Emily) http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/short-review-armageddon-in-retrospect.html?_c=feed-rss http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/short-review-armageddon-in-retrospect.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:02:09 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://emilyw.vox.com/library/book/6a00ccff97f7086ea500e398d005d60004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff97f7086ea500e398d005d60004-50si" alt="Armageddon in Retrospect" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I realized I never posted any thoughts on this after I finished it. First of all, it was wonderful to have a new Kurt Vonnegut book to read. This is silly for me to say, because I haven't even read all of his novels yet. However, it was exciting... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/short-review-armageddon-in-retrospect.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff97f7086ea500e398e9b7a20005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books kurt vonnegut armageddon in retrospect http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/thank-you-strand.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Emily) http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/thank-you-strand.html?_c=feed-rss http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/thank-you-strand.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:20:37 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://emilyw.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff97f7086ea500e398e3c2eb0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00ccff97f7086ea500e398e3c2eb0005-50si" alt="Armageddon in Retrospect" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Since I found out about Kurt Vonnegut's posthumously published book, Armageddon in Retrospect, would be released April 1, I've been checking Strand's site to see if they would get any review copies in. I didn't have high expectations to find one... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/thank-you-strand.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff97f7086ea500f48d00dd430001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books reading kurt vonnegut armageddon in retrospect http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/armageddon-in-retrospect-by-kurt-vonnegut.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Emily) http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/armageddon-in-retrospect-by-kurt-vonnegut.html?_c=feed-rss http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/armageddon-in-retrospect-by-kurt-vonnegut.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:15:38 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://emilyw.vox.com/library/book/6a00ccff97f7086ea500e398d005d60004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff97f7086ea500e398d005d60004-50si" alt="Armageddon in Retrospect" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The only thing that makes going back to work on a Monday after a 2 week vacation fun is learning that your favorite author has a new book coming out on April 1, despite the fact that he died last year. Even better, there is an author event on A... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/armageddon-in-retrospect-by-kurt-vonnegut.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff97f7086ea500e398d00c840005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books kurt vonnegut vonnegut armageddon in retrospect http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/happy-armistice-day.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Emily) http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/happy-armistice-day.html?_c=feed-rss http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/happy-armistice-day.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:11:09 -0500 “I will come to a time in my backwards trip when November eleventh, accidentally my birthday, was a sacred day called Armistice Day. When I was a boy, all the people of all the nations which had fought in the First World War were silent during th... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/happy-armistice-day.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff97f7086ea500e398bc85470004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> kurt vonnegut norman mailer armistice day veteran's day kilgore trout http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/celebrate-banned-books.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Emily) http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/celebrate-banned-books.html?_c=feed-rss http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/celebrate-banned-books.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:00:41 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://emilyw.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff97f7086ea500e398ace6eb0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00ccff97f7086ea500e398ace6eb0004-50si" alt="ALA Adult Banned Books Poster 2007" /></a> <a href="http://emilyw.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff97f7086ea500e398ace92c0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00ccff97f7086ea500e398ace92c0005-50si" alt="ALA Banned Books Button 2007" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Banned Books Week is September 29 through October 6, and since I'm going to be on vacation this weekend I'm going to post about my favorite banned books a few days early! The ALA (American Library Association) has a list of the 100 Most Freque... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/celebrate-banned-books.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff97f7086ea500e398acc9220001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> harry potter harper lee kurt vonnegut mark twain lois lowry to kill a mockingbird judy blume maurice sendak a wrinkle in time madeleine l'engle banned books ala tom sawyer the giver phyllis reynolds naylor slaughterhouse five anastasia krupnik deenie in the night kitchen http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/mini-review-palm-sunday-by-kurt-vonnegut.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Emily) http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/mini-review-palm-sunday-by-kurt-vonnegut.html?_c=feed-rss http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/mini-review-palm-sunday-by-kurt-vonnegut.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:42:56 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://emilyw.vox.com/library/book/6a00ccff97f7086ea500d4142e874f6a47.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00ccff97f7086ea500d4142e874f6a47-50si" alt="Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> This weekend I finished Palm Sunday. I started it right after Kurt died and have been slowly savoring it every since. It was easy to spread it out because it's, as he says, an autobiographical collage. It includes many gems; it was great fun to ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/mini-review-palm-sunday-by-kurt-vonnegut.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff97f7086ea500e398a45d420005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> review books reading kurt vonnegut vonnegut palm sunday http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/goodbye-blue-monday.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Emily) http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/goodbye-blue-monday.html?_c=feed-rss http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/goodbye-blue-monday.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:01:16 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://emilyw.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff97f7086ea500d09e5d610fbe2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00ccff97f7086ea500d09e5d610fbe2b-50si" alt="Kurt Vonnegut" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Kurt Vonnegut has passed away. I don't have words to express how sad I am. So it goes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut NYT Article <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/goodbye-blue-monday.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff97f7086ea500d4142f66d83c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> kurt vonnegut http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/top-five-notable-people.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Emily) http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/top-five-notable-people.html?_c=feed-rss http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/top-five-notable-people.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:17:10 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://emilyw.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff97f7086ea500d414272b6a6a47.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00ccff97f7086ea500d414272b6a6a47-50si" alt="top five" /></a> <a href="http://emilyw.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff97f7086ea500d09e5d610abe2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00ccff97f7086ea500d09e5d610abe2b-50si" alt="Johnny Depp" /></a> <a href="http://emilyw.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff97f7086ea500cd971b7d944cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00ccff97f7086ea500cd971b7d944cd5-50si" alt="Ben Folds " /></a> <a href="http://emilyw.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff97f7086ea500d414272c056a47.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00ccff97f7086ea500d414272c056a47-50si" alt="Bill Bryson" /></a> <a href="http://emilyw.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff97f7086ea500d414272c066a47.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00ccff97f7086ea500d414272c066a47-50si" alt="Garrison Keillor" /></a> <a href="http://emilyw.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff97f7086ea500d09e5d610fbe2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00ccff97f7086ea500d09e5d610fbe2b-50si" alt="Kurt Vonnegut" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> In the spirit of High Fidelity, I'm going to start a "Top Five" feature where I will post my picks for my five favorite things/people in any category that strikes my interest. Today's Top Five was inspired by reading Bill Bryson's African Diary. ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://emilyw.vox.com/library/post/top-five-notable-people.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff97f7086ea500cd971b806d4cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> bill bryson kurt vonnegut ben folds johnny depp top ten top five garrison keillor notable people