smoe.org mailing lists
ivan@stellysee.de
| From | "M. Madler" <mrmadler@mc.net> |
| Subject | Re: OT: R.I.P. Kurt Vonnegut |
| Date | Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:24:27 -0700 |
[Part 1 text/plain us-ascii (0.8 kilobytes)]
(View Text in a separate window)
Mark Eichelberger wrote:
\The first thing I heard when I woke up this morning was the news of his
death. Kurt Vonnegut's writing had an enormous impact during my teens
and early twenties. The darkness of his humor was something I could
really relate to during those years.
So it goes, indeed.
***My late teens to mid-20s can be described as my Vonnegut period as
well, which I then later outgrew although I hung on to my paperback
copies of his books for years.
One of my favorite passages from "Slaughterhouse Five" was when Vonnegut
described his time working as a police reporter at the old City News
Bureau in Chicago.
My first full time reporting job was at City News, so I knew that he had
gotten it right.
For assistance, please contact
the smoe.org administrators.