note: again. It has taken me TWO DAYS to write this post. sigh.
As everyone in the world has already heard, Kurt Vonnegut has died. I feel sad at the news. Vonnegut was a literary hero for me. In fact, reading “Breakfast of Champions” is what, essentially, made me want to be a lit major. “Breakfast of Champions” was the book in which I realized, in a bonafide a-ha experience, that the narrator of the book is a character. That you can’t always believe or trust the narrator’s point of view. It was like a brick hit me in the head when I realized that and suddenly reading became even more interesting to me.
Here is an awesome librarian-related quote that I found a couple of years ago:
“I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles.
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.” – Kurt Vonnegut
I’m all teary-eyed right now.
Rest in peace, Mr. Vonnegut. You will be sorely missed.
Kurt Vonnegut, Counterculture’s Novelist, Dies – New York Times
