Thanks to Kurt

Dear Kurt, As I close out my sophomore year of college, I find that the world is often not as pretty as it used to seem. With adulthood slowly (oh my God, so slowly) creeping up on me, I notice…

Adam from Utica, NY Dear Kurt, I hope you don’t mind, but I recently borrowed one of your famous phrases (which you borrowed from Uncle Alex) for a speech. I of course attributed the quote to you (sorry, Uncle Alex!).…

Dear Kurt,     You know, you spoke at my college in 1978. Granted, I wasn’t alive at the time. I wasn’t even a thought in either of my parents’ heads.     You were so involved with the arts and so…

Dear Kurt, I am currently a college student and I am enrolled in a class about you. Up until this class, I had never read any of your works and did not even know who you were. The books we…

Dear Kurt, I feel as though I have heard your name for ages but never got the chance to know you. It wasn’t until I took the graduate course at my university devoted to your works and your life that…

Dear Mr. Vonnegut, I will start by being honest, at this time 5 months ago, I did not know who you were. I was looking for classes to take during the spring semester of my sophomore year at SUNY Fredonia…

Kurt, It’s sort of awkward to write to a guy whose up in heaven now, but I’ll try my best to set that aside and convey what your works mean to me. I’m pretty sure before I had the opportunity…

Hey Kurt, I want to start off with a huge thank you. Your writing has had a special place in my life since I first read Slaughterhouse Five about 4 years ago in a high school English class. After reading that book, I…