Episode 130: Novelist Spotlight #130: A look back at Kurt Vonnegut with literary scholar Susan Farrell
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In the spotlight are Kurt Vonnegut and American literature professor and researcher Susan Farrell, who is also founding member of the International Kurt Vonnegut Society. Her research in the past few years has focused largely on American war literature, and her most recent book is titled “Imagining Home: American War Fiction from Hemingway to 9/11.”
We discuss:
>> Vonnegut’s body of work
>> The apex of his literary career
>> His place in literary history
>> His time in Dresden
>> Mark Twain and Tim O’Brien
>> The International Kurt Vonnegut Society
>> Home and family life
>> Etc.
Learn more about Kurt Vonnegut here: http://blogs.cofc.edu/vonnegut/
Learn more about Susan Farrell here: https://english.cofc.edu/faculty-staff-listing/farrell-susan.php
Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol, author of “Lolita Firestone: A Supernatural Novel,” “Family Recipes: A Novel About Italian Culture, Catholic Guilt and the Culinary Crime of the Century” and “Hardwood: A Novel About College Basketball and Other Games Young Men Play.” Buy them on any major bookselling site. Write to Mike Consol at novelistspotlight@gmail.com. We hope you will subscribe and share the link with any family, friends or colleagues who might benefit from this program.
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