04.12.07
So It Goes
“All the other species are dying and so will we. I’m whistling as I walk past the graveyard… whistling as beautifully as I can.”
– from Happy Birthday, Wanda June by Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007
“He’s the closest thing we’ve had to Voltaire.”
– Tom Wolfe
About The Year of Vonnegut in Indianapolis, IN.
Julie (Bowers) Lahr said,
April 28, 2007 at 3:20 pm
I’m so saddened of the loss of Vonnegut. He was to speak here last night. His son came in his place. He had missed having a home all these years. He wrote a wonderfully funny poem about people in Indiana. I’ll try to find a copy. Love to you Spencer…
Spencer said,
May 1, 2007 at 5:02 pm
Hi Julie — lovely to hear from you, albeit for sad reasons.
If you find that poem, please do pass it along. I’m also hoping a transcript of his final speech is posted somewhere eventually, perhaps on vonnegut.com once it’s back in post-mourning commission.