Kurt
Vonnegut—1922-2007
04.12.2007 | 02:46 PM • Filed in:
Writing
Photo by
Jill Krementz (his wife)
One of my heroes died yesterday. I started reading
the lovable hoosier late in high school and on
through my twenties. I must have read every book of
his before
Galapagos: Breakfast of Champions,
Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse 5, Player Piano, Mother
Night, Deadeye Dick. And I really loved
Slapstick, which seemed to be universally
panned. He was a true original, a brave patriot, a
promoter of free speech. He looked like Mark Twain
and smoked as much as George Burns. What a force!
What a conscience! I will miss his voice.