In Slaughterhouse-Five, nobody ever dies, because life operates free of the shackles of time. Vonnegut is trapped forever in a day before today. So it goes.
-- tpaquin in his tribute to his literary hero, which contains some precious reflections on the high school experience. This Dan Cattucci character is larger than life, and I didn't even go to Tom ( Read more... )

News apparently travels fast in the 3rd world, because I just learned of Vonnegut's passing from a tribute Madeleine wrote in her journal. She credited me with introducing her to Vonnegut, after I raved about hearing him speak my sophomore year at Syracuse. I wrote an 11th grade term paper on God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. I spoke in Cat's Cradle ( Read more... )