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The nation's only museum championing the legacy of author Kurt Vonnegut. | New to Vonnegut? Head to https://t.co/IM9MQk8sXs
Indianapolis, Indiana
Joined November 2009
"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
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Salman Rushdie on what people often misunderstand about “Slaughterhouse-Five” and its refrain, “So it goes.” https://t.co/ZKUeCrNWS7
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Salman Rushdie on what the books “Slaughterhouse-Five,” by Kurt Vonnegut, “Catch-22,” by Joseph Heller, and others tell us about the nature of war and humanity.
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Our dear friend Rick Provine passed away last Thursday night. The Dean of Libraries at DePauw, he lived in our museum for a week in 2015! He was an extremely kind and funny individual, and we will miss him dearly. Please keep his family in your thoughts! https://t.co/J1ulrIBHb2
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It is Friday! Don't forget to visit https://t.co/TgGavojTzS to support Operation No Surrender and also eat Pizza!
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We are well over halfway to our goal! Let's keep it going! Remember all these donations once we hit $50,000 get matched by several people and help contribute to the long term flourishing of this wonderful museum and tribute to a great humorist, who made us think and laugh!
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Hey Folks, thanks to the contributions of 188 individual donors we have raised over $22,000! We’re $28,000 away from reaching our 3 to 1 match. Join “Operation No Surrender” today by donating at https://t.co/8j1D4cz4nN or by getting the word out!
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Thank you for continuing your support of our "Operation No Surrender" programming, we appreciate you all! No day like the present to become a member of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library at https://t.co/TgGavojTzS
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What is everyone reading this week? Curator Chris is reading this amazing collection of short stories by George Saunders
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Dear Naptown, today is the day to step up and support Operation No Surrender! It's your opportunity to "kill the canard" that arts and humanities organizations like this amazing museum are not inherently valuable! https://t.co/TDKsZ5QnSL
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Our interns and staff are reading God Bless You Mr. Rosewater this summer. One of them brought along their reading assignment to Mount Rainier. Get a copy of God Bless You Mr. Rosewater in the museum's shop or at: https://t.co/Of1W44GF06
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Join us this Independence Day for Morning Yoga and Evening Fireworks! Yoga: https://t.co/ju3H15WEfy Fireworks: https://t.co/1gRqcUenAt
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Kurt Vonnegut was kindly, irascible, modest, bemused by his own fame; he probably didn't take himself as seriously as others took him, which inevitably leads to a kind of detachment from life that seems Olympian but may be very lonely. I first realized what nicotine addiction
"The beliefs I have to defend are so soft and complicated, actually, and, when vivisected, turn into bowls of undifferentiated mush. I am a pacifist, I am an anarchist, I am a planetary citizen, and so on." — Kurt Vonnegut
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"The beliefs I have to defend are so soft and complicated, actually, and, when vivisected, turn into bowls of undifferentiated mush. I am a pacifist, I am an anarchist, I am a planetary citizen, and so on." — Kurt Vonnegut
yes, I knew Jill better than I knew Kurt. his sudden death was a consequence of his despairing life-style. it is hard to distinguish factors leading to depression-- but heavy drinking, meant for "self-medication," has the reverse effect of course, deepening depression. at heart
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