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Welcome to Kurt Vonnegut Day!

Rebecca Joines Schinsky

Chief of Staff

Rebecca Joines Schinsky is the Chief of Staff for Riot New Media Group and a co-host of the Book Riot Podcast. She can be reached at rebecca@riotnewmedia.com.

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Kurt Vonnegut is having a moment. His letters are being published today, and a book containing some of his never-before-published fiction came out earlier this month. We love him too, here at the Riot, so we’re hopping on the Vonnegut train to spend a day celebrating one of our favorite authors.

Kurt Vonnegut Day Table of Contents

Pour another cup of coffee and kick off your day with a special edition of Critical Linking in which it’s all Vonnegut, all the time.

Behold! A gallery of the first-edition covers of all Kurt Vonnegut’s novels.

Been a while since you read Slaughterhouse-Five? Brush up with two Rioters who re-read it together.

Tell one Vonnegut virgin where to start with his novels.

A collection of audio, video, and interviews gives you Vonnegut in his own words.

Giveaways! Win the Slaughterhouse-Five t-shirt or new book with never-before-published fiction, and you’ll swear that everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.

Everybody loves a list! We have three kickin’ Top Tens for you: