Title |
Date |
Notes |
About This Play !About This Play |
000000001975-01-01-00001975 |
Introduction to Happy Birthday, Wanda June |
Address To P.E.N. Conference In Stockholm, 1973 !Address to P.E.N. Conference in Stockholm, 1973 |
000000001973-01-01-00001973 |
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
As A Kid I Was The Youngest !"As a Kid I Was the Youngest" |
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Published in Man Without a Country |
America: Right And Wrong !"America: Right and Wrong" |
000000001992-09-12-0000September 12, 1992 |
Published in The Montreal Gazette |
American Christmas Card 2004 !"American Christmas Card 2004" |
000000002004-12-23-0000December 23, 2004 |
Published in In These Times |
Arme Dolmetscher !"Der Arme Dolmetscher" (English: "The Poor Interpreters") |
000000001955-07-01-0000July 1955 |
Published in The Atlantic Monthly, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
Author's Note To Bluebeard !Author's Note to Bluebeard |
000000001987-10-01-0000October 1987 |
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Author's Note To Man Without A Country !Author's Note to Man Without a Country |
000000002005-09-22-0000September 22, 2005 |
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Avoiding The Big Bang !"Avoiding the Big Bang" |
000000001982-06-13-0000June 13, 1982 |
Published in The New York Times |
Bernard Vonnegut: The Rainmaker !"Bernard Vonnegut: The Rainmaker" |
000000001998-01-04-0000January 4, 1998 |
Obituary for his brother, published in The New York Times |
Best Of Bob And Ray !"The Best of Bob and Ray" |
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Book introduction published in Palm Sunday |
Biafra: A People Betrayed !"Biafra: A People Betrayed" |
000000001970-01-01-00001970 |
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
Brief Encounters On The Island Waterway !"Brief Encounters on the Island Waterway" |
000000001966-01-01-00001966 |
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
But Words Can Never Hurt Me !"...But Words Can Never Hurt Me" |
000000001973-01-01-00001973 |
Address at Rededication of Whaton College Library, 1973 published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
Can Great Books Make Good Movies? 7 Writers Just Say No! !"Can Great Books Make Good Movies? 7 Writers Just Say No!" |
000000001987-01-01-00001987 |
Published in American Film |
Chemistry Professor !"The Chemistry Professor" |
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Treatment for a musical comedy based on Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, published in Palm Sunday |
Coda To My Career As A Writer For Periodicals !"Coda to My Career as a Writer for Periodicals" |
000000001999-08-01-0000August 1999 |
Published in Bagombo Snuff Box |
Cold Turkey !"Cold Turkey" |
000000002004-05-10-0000May 10, 2004 |
Published in In These Times |
Dear Felix !"Dear Felix" |
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Letter published in Palm Sunday |
Dear Mr. McCarthy !"Dear Mr. McCarthy" |
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Letter published in Palm Sunday, book excerpt published in The New York Times on 000000001982-02-07-0000February 7, 1982 as "Books into Ashes" |
Dear Mr. Vonnegut 1 !"Dear Mr. Vonnegut" |
000000002003-02-28-0000February 28, 2003 |
Published in In These Times |
Dear Mr. Vonnegut 2 !"Dear Mr. Vonnegut" |
000000002003-03-24-0000March 24, 2003 |
Published in In These Times |
Dear Mr. Vonnegut 3 !"Dear Mr. Vonnegut" |
000000002003-04-14-0000April 14, 2003 |
Published in In These Times |
Do Unto Others !"Do Unto Others" |
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Published in Man Without a Country |
Do You Know What A Humanist Is? !"Do You Know What a Humanist Is?" |
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Published in Man Without a Country |
Do You Know What A Twerp Is? !"Do You Know What a Twerp Is?" |
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Published in Man Without a Country |
Don't Take It Too Seriously !"Don't Take It Too Seriously" |
000000001966-03-20-0000March 20, 1966 |
Review of Prize Stories 1966: The O. Henry Awards, edited by Richard Poirier and William Abrahams, published in The New York Times Book Review |
Dream Of The Future (Not Excluding Lobsters) !"A Dream of the Future (Not Excluding Lobsters)" |
000000001985-01-01-00001985 |
Published in Esquire |
Dresden Revisited !"Dresden Revisited" |
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Introduction to an edition of Slaughterhouse-Five, published in Palm Sunday |
End Is Near !"The End Is Near" |
000000002004-10-29-0000October 29, 2004 |
Published in In These Times |
Everything Goes Like Clockwork !"Everything Goes Like Clockwork" |
000000001965-06-13-0000June 13, 1965 |
Review of Once a Greek... by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, published in The New York Times Book Review |
Excelsior! We're Going To The Moon! Excelsior! !"Excelsior! We're Going to the Moon! Excelsior!" |
000000001969-01-01-00001969 |
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
Fall Of A Climber !"The Fall of a Climber" |
000000001966-09-25-0000September 25, 1966 |
Review of Any God Will Do by Richard Condon, published in The New York Times Book Review |
False Advertising !"False Advertising" |
000000002004-03-24-0000March 24, 2004 |
Published in In These Times |
Fates Worse Than Death !"Fates Worse Than Death" |
000000001984-12-01-0000December 1984 |
Lecture at St. John the Divine, New York City, May 23, 1982, published in Nothing Is Lost Save Honor |
Fear And Loathing In Morristown, NJ !"Fear and Loathing in Morristown, NJ" |
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Speech published in Palm Sunday |
Foreword To A Saucer of Loneliness !Foreword to A Saucer of Loneliness |
000000002000-10-10-0000October 10, 2000 |
Published in A Saucer of Loneliness, Volume VII: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon |
Foreword To At Millennium's End !Foreword to At Millennium's End: New Essays on the Work of Kurt Vonnegut |
000000002001-04-01-0000April 2001 |
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Foreword To Player Piano !Foreword to Player Piano |
000000001952-01-01-00001952 |
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Foreword To The Vonnegut Encyclopedia: An Authorized Compendium !Foreword to The Vonnegut Encyclopedia: An Authorized Compendium |
000000001996-01-01-00001996 |
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God's Law !"God's Law" |
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Speech published in Palm Sunday |
Good Missiles, Good Manners, Good Night !"Good Missiles, Good Manners, Good Night" |
000000001969-01-01-00001969 |
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
Have I Got A Car For You! !"Have I Got a Car for You!" |
000000002004-11-24-0000November 24, 2004 |
Published in In These Times |
He Leadeth Us From Porn: God Bless You, Edwin Meese !"He Leadeth Us from Porn: God Bless You, Edwin Meese" |
000000001986-01-01-00001986 |
Published in The Nation |
Hello, Star Vega !"Hello, Star Vega" |
000000001965-01-01-00001965 |
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
Here Is A Lesson In Creative Writing !"Here Is a Lesson in Creative Writing" |
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Published in Man Without a Country |
How Jokes Work !"How Jokes Work" |
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Commencement address published in Palm Sunday |
How To Write With Style !"How to Write with Style" |
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Essay published in Palm Sunday |
Headshrinker's Hoyle On Games We Play !"Headshrinker's Hoyle on Games We Play" |
000000001965-06-11-0000June 11, 1965 |
Review of Games People Play by Eric Berne, published in Life |
I Am Embarrassed !"I Am Embarrassed" |
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Speech published in Palm Sunday |
I Have Been Called A Luddite !"I Have Been Called a Luddite" |
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Published in Man Without a Country |
I Love You, Madame Librarian !"I Love You, Madame Librarian" |
000000002004-08-06-0000August 6, 2004 |
Published in In These Times |
I Turned Eighty-Two On November 11 !"I Turned Eighty-Two on November 11" |
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Published in Man Without a Country |
I Used To Be The Owner And Manager Of An Automobile Dealership !"I Used to Be the Owner and Manager of an Automobile Dealership" |
|
Published in Man Without a Country |
I'm Going To Tell You Some News !"I'm Going to Tell You Some News" |
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Published in Man Without a Country |
In A Manner That Must Shame God Himself !"In a Manner That Must Shame God Himself" |
000000001972-01-01-00001972 |
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
Infarcted! Tabescent! !"Infarcted! Tabescent!" |
000000001965-06-27-0000June 27, 1965 |
Review of The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby by Tom Wolfe, published in The New York Times Book Review |
Introduction To Bagombo Snuff Box !Introduction to Bagombo Snuff Box |
000000001999-08-01-0000August 1999 |
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Introduction To Palm Sunday !Introduction to Palm Sunday |
000000001981-01-01-00001981 |
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Introduction To The Demolished Man !Introduction to The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester |
000000001986-01-01-00001986 |
Edition published by The Easton Press |
Introduction To The Sirens Of Titan !Introduction to The Sirens of Titan |
000000001990-01-01-00001990 |
Edition published by The Easton Press |
Invite Rita Rait To America! !"Invite Rita Rait to America!" |
000000001973-01-01-00001973 |
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
James T. Farrell !"James T. Farrell" |
|
Funerary speech published in Palm Sunday |
Jonathan Swift !"Jonathan Swift" |
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Rejected introduction to an edition of Swift's Gulliver's Travels, published in Palm Sunday |
Knowing What's Nice !"Knowing What's Nice" |
000000002003-11-06-0000November 6, 2003 |
Published in In These Times |
Kurt Vonnegut At Clowes Hall, Indianapolis, April 27, 2007 !Kurt Vonnegut at Clowes Hall, Indianapolis, April 27, 2007 |
000000002007-04-27-0000April 27, 2007 |
Speech, published in Armageddon in Retrospect |
Last Words For A Century !"Last Words for a Century" |
000000001999-01-01-0000January 1999 |
Published in Playboy |
Latest Word !"The Latest Word" |
000000001966-10-30-0000October 30, 1966 |
Review of The Random House Dictionary, published in The New York Times Book Review, collected in Wampeters, Foma and Granfaloons as "New Dictionary" |
Lavina Lyon !"Lavina Lyon" |
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Funerary speech published in Palm Sunday |
Letter |
000000001975-11-01-0000November 1975 |
Letter published in Science Fiction Review |
Letter From Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., To Walter Miller, 1951 !Letter from Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., to Walter Miller, 1951 |
000000001951-01-01-00001951 |
Letter published in Look at the Birdie |
Letter From Pfc Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., To His Family, May 29, 1945 !Letter from PFC Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., to His Family, May 29, 1945 |
000000001945-05-29-0000May 29, 1945 |
Published in Armageddon in Retrospect |
Letter To Ute Helena Bertram von Nimcz !Letter to Ute Helena Bertram von Nimcz |
first version 1989, revised version 2009 |
Letter published in Die Rolle des Religiösen in den Romanen von Kurt Vonnegut (English: The Role of Religion in the Novels of Kurt Vonnegut, ISBN 3-89406-106-5 / ISBN 978-3-00-027565-4) by Helena Bertram Countess von Nimcz zu Caldaha M.A. |
Letter: Vonnegut On Trout !Letter: Vonnegut on Trout |
000000001975-04-01-0000April 1975 |
Published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction |
Louis-Ferdinand Celine !"Louis-Ferdinand Céline" |
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Introduction to a paperback compilation of Céline's final three novels, published in Palm Sunday |
Mark Twain !"Mark Twain" |
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Speech published in Palm Sunday |
Money Talks To The New Man !"Money Talks to the New Man" |
000000001966-10-02-0000October 2, 1966 |
Review of The Boss by Goffredo Parise, published in The New York Times Book Review |
Mysterious Madame Blavatsky !"The Mysterious Madame Blavatsky" |
000000001970-01-01-00001970 |
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
Noodle Factory !"The Noodle Factory" |
|
Speech published in Palm Sunday |
Now Then, I Have Some Good News !"Now Then, I Have Some Good News" |
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Published in Man Without a Country |
Okay, Now Let's Have Some Fun !"Okay, Now Let's Have Some Fun" |
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Published in Man Without a Country |
Old Fashioned Gadgets !"Old Fashioned Gadgets" |
000000001998-11-30-0000November 30, 1998 |
Published in Forbes |
One Hell Of A Country !"One Hell of a Country" |
000000001992-02-21-0000February 21, 1992 |
Published in The Guardian |
Oversexed In Indianapolis !"Oversexed in Indianapolis" |
000000001970-01-01-00001970 |
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
Palm Sunday !"Palm Sunday" |
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Sermon published in Palm Sunday |
Physicist, Purge Thyself !"Physicist, Purge Thyself" |
000000001969-01-01-00001969 |
Address to the American Physical Society, published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
Playboy interview |
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Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
Political Disease !"A Political Disease" |
000000001973-01-01-00001973 |
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
Preface To Dead-Eye Dick !Preface to Dead-Eye Dick |
000000001982-10-01-0000October 1982 |
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Preface To Fates Worse Than Death !Preface to Fates Worse Than Death |
000000001991-09-05-0000September 5, 1991 |
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Preface To Wampeters, Foma And Granfalloons !Preface to Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
000000001974-01-01-00001974 |
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Preface To Welcome To The Monkey House !Preface to Welcome to the Monkey House |
000000001968-08-01-0000August 1968 |
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Prologue To Jailbird !Prologue to Jailbird |
000000001979-09-01-0000September 1979 |
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Prologue To Timequake !Prologue to Timequake |
000000001997-09-22-0000September 22, 1997 |
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Reflections On My Own Death !"Reflections on My Own Death" |
000000001971-01-01-00001971 |
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
Requiem !"Requiem" |
|
Published in Man Without a Country |
Requiem: The Hocus Pocus Laundromat !"Requiem: The Hocus Pocus Laundromat" |
000000001986-01-01-00001986 |
Published in North American Review |
Requiem For A Dreamer !"Requiem for a Dreamer" |
000000002004-10-05-0000October 5, 2004 |
Published in In These Times |
Rocky Graziano Of American Letters !"The Rocky Graziano of American Letters" |
|
Speech published in Palm Sunday |
Sappy Woman From Ypsilanti !"A Sappy Woman from Ypsilanti" |
|
Published in Man Without a Country |
Science Fiction !"Science Fiction" |
000000001965-09-05-0000September 5, 1965 |
Published in The New York Times Book Review, collected in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
Second Thoughts On Teacher's Scrapbook !"Second Thoughts on Teacher's Scrapbook" |
000000001965-09-03-0000September 3, 1965 |
Review of Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman, published in Life |
Self-interview |
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Published in The Paris Review, collected in Palm Sunday |
Something Happened by Joseph Heller |
|
Book review published in Palm Sunday |
State Of The Asylum !"State of the Asylum" |
000000002004-02-05-0000February 5, 2004 |
Published in In These Times |
Strange Weather Lately !"Strange Weather Lately" |
000000002003-05-09-0000May 9, 2003 |
Published in In These Times |
Susan Sontag And Arthur Miller !"Susan Sontag and Arthur Miller" |
000000002005-03-03-0000March 3, 2005 |
Published in In These Times |
Teaching The Unteachable !"Teaching the Unteachable" |
000000001967-01-01-00001967 |
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
There's A Maniac On The Loose Out There !"There's a Maniac on the Loose Out There" |
000000001969-01-01-00001969 |
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
Thinking Unthinkable, Speaking Unspeakable !"Thinking Unthinkable, Speaking Unspeakable" |
000000001973-01-01-00001973 |
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
Thoughts Of A Free Thinker !"Thoughts of a Free Thinker" |
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Commencement address published in Palm Sunday |
Torture And Blubber !"Torture and Blubber" |
000000001971-01-01-00001971 |
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
Un-American Nonsense !"Un-American Nonsense" |
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Essay published in Palm Sunday |
Unsaid Says Much !"The Unsaid Says Much" |
000000001965-09-12-0000September 12, 1965 |
Review of Absent Without Leave by Heinrich Böll, published in The New York Times Book Review |
Up Is Better Than Down !"Up Is Better Than Down" |
000000001970-01-01-00001970 |
Address to the Graduating Class at Bennington College, 1970 published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
What I Like About Cornell !"What I Like About Cornell" |
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Speech published in Palm Sunday |
What Women Really Want Is... !"What Women Really Want Is..." |
000000001972-01-01-00001972 |
Address to the National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1971 published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
When I Lost My Innocence !"When I Lost My Innocence" |
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Essay published in Palm Sunday |
Who In America Is Truly Happy? !"Who in America Is Truly Happy?" |
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Essay published in Palm Sunday |
Why My Dog Is Not A Humanist !"Why My Dog Is Not a Humanist" |
000000001992-01-01-00001992 |
Published in The Humanist |
Why They Read Hesse !"Why They Read Hesse" |
000000001970-01-01-00001970 |
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
Why We Need Libraries !"Why We Need Libraries" |
000000001994-01-01-00001994 |
Published in Utne Reader |
William Ellery Channing !"William Ellery Channing" |
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Speech published in Palm Sunday |
Work To Be Done !"The Work to Be Done" |
000000001998-05-28-0000May 28, 1998 |
Published in Rolling Stone |
Worst Addiction Of Them All !"The Worst Addiction of Them All" |
000000001984-01-01-00001984 |
Published in Nothing Is Lost Save Honor |
Yes, We Have No Nirvanas !"Yes, We Have No Nirvanas" |
000000001968-01-01-00001968 |
Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
You've Never Been To Barnstable? !"You've Never Been to Barnstable?" |
000000001964-10-01-0000October 1964 |
Published in Venture-Traveler's World, collected in Welcome to the Monkey House with the title "Where I Live" |
Your Guess Is As Good As Mine !"Your Guess Is as Good as Mine" |
000000002005-12-12-0000December 12, 2005 |
Published in In These Times |