{"product_id":"if-this-isnt-nice-what-is-even-more-expanded-third-edition-the-graduation-speeches-and-other-words-to-live-by-paperback","title":"If This Isn't Nice, What Is? (Even More) Expanded Third Edition: The Graduation Speeches and Other Words to Live by - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKurt Vonnegut\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDan Wakefield\u003c\/b\u003e (Selected by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of 15 graduation speeches and treasured wisdom from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling literary icon and author of \u003ci\u003eSlaughterhouse-Five\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCat's Cradle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBreakfast of Champions \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Like [that of] his literary ancestor Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut's crankiness is good-humored and sharp-witted.\"--A.O. Scott, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaster storyteller and satirist Kurt Vonnegut was one of the most in-demand commencement speakers of his time. His words were unfailingly insightful and witty, and they stayed with audience members long after graduation. Chosen and introduced by fellow novelist and friend Dan Wakefield, a selection of speeches and essays in this expanded 3rd edition include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- \"What to Do When You Have the Power; In the Meantime, Remember to Skylark!\" \u003cbr\u003e- \"Why Social Justice Does More Than Art to Nourish the American Dream\" \u003cbr\u003e- \"How to Make Money and Find Love!\" \u003cbr\u003e- \"Somebody Should've Told Me Not to Join a Fraternity\" \u003cbr\u003e- \"How to Have Something Most Billionaires Don't\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHilarious, razor-sharp, freewheeling, and at times deeply serious, these reflections are ideal not just for graduates but for anyone undergoing what Vonnegut would call their \"long-delayed puberty ceremony\"--marking the long and challenging passage to full-time adulthood.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana, \u003cb\u003eKURT VONNEGUT \u003c\/b\u003ewas one of the few grandmasters of modern American letters. Called by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \"the counterculture's novelist,\" his works guided a generation through the miasma of war and greed that was life in the U.S. in second half of the 20th century. After a stints as a soldier, anthropology PhD candidate, technical writer for General Electric, and salesman at a Saab dealership, Vonnegut rose to prominence with the publication of\u003ci\u003eCat's Cradle \u003c\/i\u003ein 1963. Several modern classics, including \u003ci\u003eSlaughterhouse-Five\u003c\/i\u003e, soon followed. Never quite embraced by the stodgier arbiters of literary taste, Vonnegut was nonetheless beloved by millions of readers throughout the world. \"Given who and what I am,\" he once said, \"it has been presumptuous of me to write so well.\" Kurt Vonnegut died in New York in 2007. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA longtime friend of Kurt Vonnegut's, \u003cb\u003eDAN WAKEFIELD\u003c\/b\u003e is co-editor with Jerome Klinkowitz of Vonnegut's \u003ci\u003eComplete Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, which the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ecalled \"a fascinating portrait-of-the-artist-on-the-make in the booming 1950s.\" Wakefield also edited and introduced \u003ci\u003eKurt Vonnegut: Letters\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of the memoirs \u003ci\u003eNew York in the Fifties \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eReturning: A Spiritual Journey.\u003c\/i\u003e His novel \u003ci\u003eGoing All the Way\u003c\/i\u003e was made into a movie starring Ben Affleck. Dan Wakefield also created the NBC prime time series \u003ci\u003eJames at Fifteen\u003c\/i\u003e. He is currently at work on a YA biography of Kurt Vonnegut for Seven Stories. 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