The Sirens of Titan is the fourth book in Rachel’s Suggested Vonnegut Reading Order. Player Piano is Kurt Vonnegut’s first novel, but I’d argue that The Sirens of Titan, released in 1959, is the first novel by Vonnegut as we know him. We…
Greetings! Emma the Intern here. I’ll be comparing movie and TV adaptations of Vonnegut’s work, starting with “Harrison Bergeron” in this post. I found two adaptations of Vonnegut’s most famous short story: the 1995 Canadian made-for-TV film Harrison Bergeron and…
This Monday, June 25, KVML celebrated Global Beatles Day. We hosted two special Beatles events during the day: a Facebook live chat about the Beatles and Kurt Vonnegut and a Beatles trivia contest, both run by Chris Lafave, our Curator…
Player Piano is the first novel in Rachel’s Suggested Vonnegut Reading Order. However, I am reading it third because I snooped over her shoulder when she was making it, and she originally had God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater listed first. In short,…
In his nonfiction collection Palm Sunday – in the middle of an essay that’s supposed to be about sex – Kurt Vonnegut presents a grade report for his own novels. That report is featured below: He wasn’t very kind to…
Slaughterhouse-Five is the third book in Rachel’s Suggested Vonnegut Reading Order. I’m reading it second because I didn’t realize she’d moved Player Piano to #1 from its original #4 position. I’ve tried to read this book before. I was a…
What is KVML reading this summer? Our staff members share their reading lists. Julia (Chief Executive Officer): I’ll be reading Turtles All The Way Down by John Green, The Road To Character by David Brooks, The Vonnegut Encyclopedia by Marc Leeds, and Captain…
What is membership with the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library like? Who better to ask than Indy’s very own, Chris Gahl. Chris serves as senior vice president of Visit Indy, the city’s official sales and marketing organization and is a…
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