Category: Mother Night

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The Weaponization of Words in Kurt Vonnegut’s “Mother Night”

Earlier this year, I constructed a fascism in literature syllabus which included Kurt Vonnegut’s Mother Night (1962) amongst a long list of other texts. As with most of these mock syllabi, I add texts that I have not read before. Well, the other day I walked into the stacks at my library and pulled Mother Night off the shelf. I literally devoured the novel in less than a day, becoming … Read More The Weaponization of Words in Kurt Vonnegut’s “Mother Night”