Vonnegut Volunteers for the JFK Campaign, 1960
In this short letter from 1960, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. volunteers to work for the campaign of candidate John F. Kennedy.
Writing in a plain style, Vonnegut describes his writing career up to that point, quickly glossing his work in PR for General Electric and as a reporter, and describing himself as “a freelance” of ten years’ experience. (Other jobs from that period of his life that he doesn’t mention: teacher for special-needs kids, owner of a Saab dealership.)
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  1. diydanna says:

    Sincerely and succinctly simple. Thanks for sharing this page of literary and activism history.
    Recommended Vonnegut fiction: Bluebeard
    Recommended Non-fiction: http://inthesetimes.com/article/cold_turkey/

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