William Rodney Allen

His edgy 1982 “sermon” took on the question of whether hydrogen bombs would deliver us from more terrifying circumstances. The full audio recording is now available for the first time.

In this archival interview, the famed author defends his fiction against critics who pan his writing, comparing his detractors to “circus geeks” who “bite the heads off chickens.

Kurt Vonnegut tells us why he abandoned the sketchy sci-fi plot lines in favor of a sharp-eyed political realism of what has come to be known as his “Watergate novel,” Jailbird.

This May 1, 1978 interview was the third Vonnegut had with Walter James Miller.

Vonnegut talks about his strange sci-fi tale of fraternal twins who are brilliant when they can interact with each other but only “dull normal” when separated. He reveals that his por...

Vonnegut is at the top of his game—confidently proclaiming the novelist’s ability to “make up new myths that people will believe.”