Vonnegut, Milton, and More

For Kurt Vonnegut, survival was a kind of "cosmic joke"...

Fewer novels are being published by white male authors. And those that are published receive little acclaim. Why?... more »

Paradise Lost was not acclaimed by its first readers. Then came John Dryden, who popularized and distorted Milton's masterpiece... more »

For Kurt Vonnegut, survival was a kind of "cosmic joke, with death being the setup and life bei…