r/Vonnegut • u/mistermajik2000 • 10d ago

1969 Life Magazine profile I came across today

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u/hannygee42 9d ago

Thanks for doing this!

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u/VICEGRIP47 9d ago

"Most of us are made of basketball hoops and old cars" Kurt knew about the microplastic wave even back then.

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u/ADVANCED_BOTTOM_TEXT 9d ago

Nice slice of life. His children blowing up pipes and heading off to the Amazon is interesting, I would expect nothing less with Vonnegut as your father!

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u/hannygee42 9d ago

I started calling Vonnegut my ‘spiritual father’ when I was about 12. And I listened to absolutely nothing my biological parents had to tell me about the world and I just would imagine what Vonnegut would say. Luckily I started reading his works when I was in fourth grade, thanks to a precocious mind and a very observant teacher. My life’s been a mess, but a wonderful self-directed, colorful mess and I have enjoyed the novelty of all of it.

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u/IntroductionOk8023 10d ago

Lovely article capturing him at that moment in time. And he never changed much from this snapshot!