And So It Goes Shields Charles J.
And So It Goes Shields Charles J. From the author of Mockingbird--the first authoritative biography of Kurt Vonnegut Jr., a writer who forever altered American literatureIn 2006, Charles Shields…
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And So It Goes Shields Charles J.
From the author of Mockingbird--the first authoritative biography of Kurt Vonnegut Jr., a writer who forever altered American literatureIn 2006, Charles Shields reached out to Kurt Vonnegut in a letter asking for his endorsement for a planned biography. Shields, who offered to be my biographer). The first response was no (A most respectful demurring by me for the excellent writer Charles J.
For the next year--a year that ended up being Vonnegut's last--Shields had unprecedented access to Vonnegut and his letters.While millions know Vonnegut as a counterculture guru, antiwar activist, and satirist of American culture, few outside his closest friends and family knew the full arc of Unwilling to take no for an answer, propelled by a passion for his subject, and already deep into his research, Shields wrote again and this time, to his delight, the answer came back: O.K.