Kurt Vonnegut is having a moment. His letters are being published today, and a book containing some of his never-before-published fiction came out earlier this month. We love him too, here at the Riot, so we’re hopping on the Vonnegut train to spend a day celebrating one of our favorite authors. Kurt Vonnegut Day Table of Contents Pour another cup of coffee and kick off your day with a special edition of Critical Linking in which it’s all Vonnegut, all the time. Behold! A gallery of the first-edition covers of all Kurt Vonnegut’s novels. Been a while since you read Slaughterhouse-Five? Brush up with two Rioters who re-read it together. Tell one Vonnegut virgin where to start with his novels. A collection of audio, video, and interviews gives you Vonnegut in his own words. Giveaways! Win the Slaughterhouse-Five t-shirt or new book with never-before-published fiction, and you’ll swear that everything was beautiful and nothing hurt. Everybody loves a list! We have three kickin’ Top Tens for you:

Ten Vonnegut-Centric Sites to help you fall down the happiest of internet rabbit holes Top Ten Weird Facts about Kurt Vonnegut, himself a legendary weirdo Kurt Vonnegut’s ten best appearances in pop culture

 

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