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Vonnegut Family History – Clemens Vonnegut

  • February 17, 2010
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Here’s some history on Kurt Vonnegut’s great-grandfather, Clemens Vonnegut.  Enjoy! Clemens Vonnegut, Sr. (November 20, 1824 – December 13, 1906) immigrated to the United States in 1851 after the failed German Revolutions of 1848 and 1849. Forty-Eighters, as these immigrants…

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KVML Book Club and Slaughterhouse Five – The Movie

  • February 16, 2010
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The first Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library book club meeting and first official KVML event was a success! I enjoyed meeting some fellow Vonnegutians as well as the interesting discussions that followed. The topic of the first meeting was Slaughterhouse Five. We…

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Conversations with Rodney Allen

  • February 15, 2010
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In case you missed it… William “Rodney” Allen, scholar and author of “Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut,” will be traveling from Louisiana to Indianapolis to share his insights into Vonnegut’s life and works. After speaking to 9th Grade students at Shortridge…

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RSVP Now for the Vonnegut Library Book Club – January 28th

  • January 20, 2010
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RSVP now to reserve your spot for the first meeting of the Vonnegut Library Book Club, which will begin Thursday, January 28th at 7 p.m. at the Athenaeum Theatre in the historic Athenaeum building in Indianapolis, 401 E. Michigan St.

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Welcome to the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library Blog!

  • January 19, 2010
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Welcome to the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library Blog! I am honored, grateful, and I must admit, a little nervous to author this blog.

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