This week is a comparison episode between two novels by Kurt Vonnegut: Mother Night and Slaughterhouse Five. Join guest Jennie Peterson and I as we discuss the nuances of Vonnegut’s evolution as a war writer with references to social psychology, movies, and recent history. Our next episode, in two weeks’ time, will be a solo digression on Literature’s Most Beautiful Passages. The links below are NOT affiliate links.

Slaughterhouse Five: https://www.amazon.com/Slaughter-House-Five-Kurt-Vonnegut/dp/B00BGGEEZE/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1534859440&sr=1-2&keywords=slaughterhouse+five

Mother Night: https://www.amazon.com/Mother-Night-Kurt-Vonnegut-ebook/dp/B005IHWB5C/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1534859405&sr=8-3&keywords=mother+night

Kurt Vonneguys (on iTunes): https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/kurt-vonneguys/id1168787463?mt=2

Galenson Hypothesis: http://eh.net/book_reviews/old-masters-and-young-geniuses-the-two-life-cycles-of-artistic-creativity/

Revisionist History Episode #7 (Season 1): http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/07-hallelujah

Innocence: https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/roald-dahl/129944/

Hacksaw Ridge: https://www.amazon.com/Hacksaw-Ridge-Andrew-Garfield/dp/B01M3U7GJH/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1534859596&sr=8-1&keywords=hacksaw+ridge

Dunkirk: https://www.amazon.com/Dunkirk-Fionn-Whitehead/dp/B076R3KYJN/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1534859611&sr=8-3&keywords=dunkirk

Related Resources:

+Palm Sunday by KV (autobiographical, similar in style)

+Timequake by KV

+Slapstick by KV

+The Guest Word: Vonnegut’s Responsibility by Dorris Lessing (NY Times Article)

+Macbeth by William Shakespeare

**I will post again when we are up on iTunes. The show is currently being reviewed by Apple staff.