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    Kurt Vonnegut

    A Man without a Country (7 Stories) The late Kurt Vonnegut has been astonishing us sincethe 1960's.  Here, in the rebroadcast of a 2006 interview, he speaks as a socialist disappointed by human behavior, our country and our times. He "wants to go home. (This interview will be not be heard on KCRW as it will be pre-empted by our semi-annual subscription drive.)

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    By Michael Silverblatt • Aug 9, 2007 • 30m Listen

    A Man without a Country (7 Stories)

    The late Kurt Vonnegut has been astonishing us from the 1960's on. In this archived edition of Bookworm, originally broadcast on April 6, 2006, the magnificent satirist, critic, dreamer and grouch who he speaks as a socialist disappointed by human behavior, our country and our times. He "wants to go home." (This interview will be not be heard on KCRW as it will be pre-empted by our semi-annual subscription drive.)

    Read an excerpt from A Man without a Country.

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