The Media Librarian is sad that Kurt Vonnegut, important, funny, and humane writer has died. His novels, especially Cat's Cradle, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, and Slaughterhouse-Five, impressed upon her the horror and absurdity of suffering inflicted on human beings by other human beings. He wrote with clarity and humor "the kinds of books you pass around", as author Jonathan Safran Foer said in a recent tribute.
We have the film adaptation of Slaughterhouse-Five in our collection (V 308), as well as films made from two of his short stories: D.P. (V 753) and Who Am I This Time? (V 851). See them, but read his books too.
In his later years, Vonnegut worked as a senior editor at "In These Times." Here's something he wrote in August, 2004:
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/903/i_love_you_madame_librarian/
