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Over his lifetime, the author gave dozens of quirky commencement addresses. He made some preposterous claims. But they made people laugh and think.

To his adoring young fans in the 1960s and '70s, the anti-establishment novelist was the father they wished they had

In Micah McCarty’s art, the past and future are one, and the whales never left.

A strain of sorrow and pessimism underlies all of Vonnegut’s fiction, as well as his graduation speeches. He witnessed the worst of humans.

Kurt Vonnegut didn’t deliver the famous “Wear Sunscreen” graduation speech published in the Chicago Tribune that was often mistakenly attributed to the celebrated author. But he could have.

Kurt Vonnegut didn’t deliver the famous “Wear Sunscreen” graduation speech published in the Chicago Tribune that was often mistakenly attributed to the celebrated author. But he could have.

Why was a middle-aged writer born in 1922 adored by a counterculture told not to trust anyone over 30?

A strain of sorrow and pessimism underlies all of Vonnegut’s fiction, as well as his graduation speeches. But he also insisted that young people cherish those fleeting moments of joy.

My suggestion to you is to identify everyone in your family photos before the knowledge of your predecessors vanishes forever. Like me, you’ll bask in a feeling of family satisfaction, writes guest columnist Vincent Burke, a former reporter for the Cleveland News, who retired as a Madison Avenue adman, and is author of “Forgiveness: A Gay Man’s Memoir.”

Is it possible in the 21st Century to understand how Emmanuelle effected Sylvia Kristel's career? Her film become a major hit around the globe and any film also