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In this hour-long interview with Terry Gross from 1986, novelist Kurt Vonnegut discusses the experiences throughout his life that informed many of the novels he's written. He talks about growing up during the Great Depression and how humor and music on the radio helped him and the country get through. He speaks of his early fascination with science and technology, having an older brother who was a scientist. Vonnegut recounts his experiences as a prisoner of war in World War II, where he survived the bombing of Dresden. These wartime experiences would inform one of his most successful novels Slaughterhouse-Five, published in 1969. Through the interview, we get Vonnegut's ideas on freedom of speech, the importance magazines had in helping him remain a full-time writer, and the fact that despite his atheist views, he still sees the importance of religious communities and rituals. It's a wide-ranging conversation with one of the most popular and praised American novelists of the late 20th century.

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