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Vonnegut's first reading of Breakfast of Champions, 1970

Andrew sez, "Here's a recording of Kurt Vonnegut's very first public reading of Breakfast of Champions, 3 years before it was published, at the 92nd Street Y in 1970."

VONNEGUT: The best audience in the world is the 92nd Street Y. Those people know everything and they are wide awake and responsive.
HELLER: I was part of a panel there on December seventh. The fiftieth anniversary of Pearl Harbor.
VONNEGUT: Were you bombed at Pearl Harbor, Joe?
HELLER: No.
VONNEGUT: Of course, James Jones was. I was saying this would be sort of a valedictory interview because our generation is taking its leave now. James Jones is gone. Irwin Shaw is gone. Truman Capote is gone.
HELLER: Yeah, but nobody’s replaced us.
VONNEGUT: No. (Laughter)

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