American Literature Association Annual Conference
May 26-29, 2016
San Francisco, CA
I. Vonnegut and History
Organized by the Kurt Vonnegut Society
Chair: Nicole Lowman, University at Buffalo
- “American Fascism and Mother Night,” Susan Farrell, College of Charleston
- “From Good War to Bad: Vonnegut’s Vietnam,” Gregory Sumner, University of Detroit, Mercy
- “Galápagos, or, Kurt Vonnegut in the Anthropocene,” Gerry Canavan, Marquette University
- “Vonnegut Without Kurt: Reading and Teaching after April 11, 2007,” Tom Hertweck, University of Nevada, Reno
II. Vonnegut in his own Fiction: Science, Politics, and Psychology
Organized by the Kurt Vonnegut Society
Chair: Susan Farrell, College of Charleston
- “’You Know What I Mean by Blue?’: Color Theory and Human Awareness in Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions,” Nicole Lowman, University at Buffalo
- “No Neat Box: ‘Harrison Bergeron’ and the Personal Politics of Kurt Vonnegut,” Benjamin Reed, Texas State University
- “’That Was I. That Was Me’: The many Vonneguts and their Relationships with Fiction,” Zachary Perdieu, Texas State University