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James Norris Oliphant distinguished speakers.
Recorded in Ithaca, NY by Cornell University., Sponsored by: Sigma Phi Fraternity,Cornell Daily Sun,University Unions Programming Board., Lecture, April 17, 1983.85 minutesVonnegut describes life as a Cornell undergraduate and the way to become a successful writer.1_5wv3m7hj1_uzj1sko
Kurt Vonnegut on Ernest Hemingway
Reminisces about Hemingway’s life and his influence as an author. Feels that Hemingway’s recent decline in popularity is due to the “obsolescence” of his subject matter, brought on by conservationist and feminist movements
Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin lectures.
Recorded in Ithaca, NY by Cornell University., Sponsored by: Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Foundation., Speaker(s): Novelist., Address, April 20, 1993.66 minutesSpeaking to a capacity audience of over 2,000 people at Bailey Hall, a congenial and unrestrained Vonnegut expresses opinions on such varied topics as the importance of community, social justice, literature, the weather, educational reform, war, censorship, technology, TM, Charles Manson, and Perry Mason. He also reccounts his experiences as a Cornell undergraduate in the 1940s.1_u38is2wp1_i1p398s
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