Rai Peterson, English Professor at Ball State University and 2018 Banned Books “Prisoner” Upon detention behind a wall of banned books, I was fortunate to receive a type-written, hilarious letter from the 2017 Banned Books Prisoner, Greg Bravehorse. He informed me…
Rai Peterson, Ball State University English Professor and Banned Books Week “Prisoner” As a recent guest on the Uncle Dan and Sophie Jam, I lamented with Sophie Faught and Kurt Vonnegut’s friend Dan Wakefield that several eminent writers hail from…
Incarceration, Like Censorship, Deprives Us All Rai Peterson, BSU English professor and KVML Banned Books Week Prisoner I am residing this week in the front window of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library. My “crime” is having taught banned books,…
On Censorship and Freedom By Rai Peterson, BSU English Professor and Banned Books Week Prisoner At the start of this semester, I met a new graduate student from the Middle East in my office. He is new to…
I Think, Therefore, I Still Am by Rai Peterson This week I am “imprisoned” at the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library to commemorate Banned Books Week; it’s a daunting prospect that I anticipate with equal parts eagerness and anxiety. I…
This is the fourteenth and final book in Rachel’s Vonnegut Reading Order. It’s been a pleasure, everyone. When Rachel said that out of all the novels in the Vonnegut canon, Breakfast of Champions ought to be read last, I was somewhat…
This is the thirteenth book in Rachel’s Suggested Vonnegut Reading Order. I honestly don’t know what to tell you about this book. That probably surprises you, if you’ve read any of my other book blogs. Or just any of my…
This is the eleventh book in Rachel’s Suggested Vonnegut Reading Order. I am reading it twelfth. For an explanation of that logic, read my Mother Night reaction blog. I confess to an almost total indifference regarding this latest in my long line…
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