For fans of Kurt Vonnegut, there's a new biography of him that is reviewed in the NY Times Book Review and which can be accessed here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/books/review/and-so-it-goes-kurt-vonnegut-a-life-by-charles-j-shields-book-review.html?nl=books&emc=booksupdateema2 Another NYT review by Janet Maslin, which is somewhat less flattering, can be read here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/books/charles-j-shieldss-and-so-it-goes-on-vonnegut-review.html And NPR had an interview with the author of the biography Charles Shields which can be accessed here: http://www.npr.org/2011/11/19/142350679/kurt-vonnegut-was-not-a-happy-man-so-it-goes And for those that need a refresher course on Vonnegut, there is a Wikipedia entry (yadda-yadda): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut
Vonnegut was a complex, contradictory man who apparently suffered from depression and a dread that he would commit suicide like his mother. A counterculture icon who was, after all is said and done, a old fashioned American with middle-class values. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=14402 or send a blank email to leave-14402-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
