like to point out a moment here on the timeline that is very important in the life of curt -- kurt vonnegutn 1944. is dying from an overdose probably intentional of alcohol and sleeping pills. vonnegut anders combat in europe and is captured by germans in belgium during the battle of the bulge. soon he is writing in a boxcar with other american p.o.w.s to dresden, supposedly safe german city, unlikely to be bombed. so dresden was this beautiful cultural city that was not a military target. as vonnegut wrote -- rode in on the train he was able to view this beautiful city and then he was placed in a slaughterhouse where the rest of the prisoners of war were held. has slaughterhouse with slaughterhouse five. we have an exhibit that we call the dresden exhibit that is really his world war ii experience that became so important in his writings and his worldview later in his life. i will start with a photo that was taken right after he was released as a prisoner of war, along with fellow prisoners. we also have his purple heart that was donated by his friend mark vonnegut to us. he received a pur

this is a kurt vonnegut timeline. if you would allow me i would like to read the quote at the top of this beautiful painting which was created by the artist chris king, and by a vonnegut scholar named rodney allen. and both of these individuals live in louisiana. and the quote reads, all moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist. they can look at all the different moments just the way we can look at a stretch of the rocky mountains, for instance. they can see how permanent all the moments are is just an illusion we have here on earth that once a moment is gone, it's gone forever. and something that is unique about our timeline is we actually start on the right side and move to the left rather than the left side to the right. one thing wanted to mention about this quote, we hope that vonnegut would know that while he may think, may have thought that once a moment is gone it is gone forever, we like to think that the moment of kurt vonnegut will live on forever here at the vonnegut library

but these two pieces of art, the first on the occasion of kurt vonnegut's birthday was great in 2003 as a gift to vonnegut. and then the second was created when morley found out that vonnegut had died. and that was 2007. we are in the front of the kurt vonnegut library come in the gallery room. we have kurt vonnegut's typewriter that was used in the 1970s. this was donated to us by his daughter. he wrote many of his more familiar books during the 1970s. and we are happy to have this typewriter. he was not a fan of high technology, and he did not use a computer. he preferred to use a typewriter through his dying day. he like to work in his home in an office chair and a coffee table. he would slump over his typewriter. vonnegut would go out into the world every day. he talks about how he'd learned that he could buy postage stamps over the internet, and he just thought that was horrible because then, you know, if he chose that route he would not have the everyday experience of going to the post office. and those everyday experiences of people he encountered in his daily walks with a basi

this is a kurt vonnegut time lien. i'll read the quote at the top of the beautiful painting which was created by the artist, chris king, and by a scholar named rodney allen, and they both lived in louisiana. "all moments, past, present, and future, always have existed, always will exist. they can look at all the different moments just the way ce can look at a stretch of the rocky mountains for instance and they can see how the moments are. it's just an illusion here on earth. once a moment is gone, it's gone forever. something's that unique about the timeline is we start from the right side and move to the left. one thing we wanted to mention about this quote is we hope that vonnegut would know that while he may think that or may have thought once a moment a gone, it's gone forever, we like to think the moment of kurt vonnegut lives on forever here at the library. he went to cornell university, studying chemistry. he did not plan to go into architecture like his father, but he did think he would move into a science car

[applause] >> kurt vonnegut of the greatest american writer a hoosier and rubber too better and and ast. and a husband and father and a friend and a friend to his fans and right back to his fans and wrote more than 30 pieces of works including plays, novels, short stories, some of the more familiar books is slaughterhouse five which is one of his famous, cat's cradle and breakfast of champions. kurt vonnegut always brought in the midwestern roots and often wrote about indiana and indianapolis specifically and if i may read a quote common 85 ask me why should this library be here in indianapolis? , i found this great quote that says all of my jokes are indianapolis. all of my attitudes are indianapolis-based, adenoids are indianapolis. if i ever separate myself from indianapolis i would be out of business. what people like about me is indianapolis. we treat that as a green light to establish that here. we have the art gallery, a museum room, reading room, a gift shop

organic process i mean before they didn't want gays working in the government or people who read kurt vonnegut or d.h. lawrence maybe a hundred years ago and they actually carry us that is exactly exactly but they exactly mean that they have that ability to set certain parameters and there are some reasonable basis for this. even under the hatch act which has actually gotten more liberal in terms of what federal employees can do in terms of political affiliation i mean freedom of speech and freedom of filiation but there is that and this is gone totally beyond the pale well you also you know you're a professor you teach students and how how does that and you know infringe upon academic speech when shouldn't this be something that that is being discussed in universities that you know that allows us ironically alone or there are safe harbors even if you're you're studying something like kiddy porn say in our program or in the law school where you know there are so there are certain they're very narrow and they're very shallow but there's still safe harbor here there isn't even that safety valve

this is the kurt vonnegut timeline. if you would allow me out like to read the quote at the top of this beautiful painting which was created by the artist chris cain and one scholar named rodney allen and they both lived in louisiana, all moments, past, present, and future always have existed, always will exist. looking at all of the different moments the way we can look at a stretch of the rocky mountains for instance. they can see how permanent job of moments are. it is just an illusion we have on earth wants a moment is gone, it is gone forever. something that is unique about our time line restart on the right and move to the left instead of left to right. . . is 45 minutes. >> once again my name is brian sweeney and i'm the deputy editor texas monthly magazine and i have to say it is always a real treat to be invited to work at the book festival. i believe my first one was in 97 when i was a volunteer helping people getting to where they are going and it has been really great for me to have a chance to sit up here o

>> we are in the gallery room, we have kurt vonnegut's typewriter that was used in the 1970s. this was donated to us by his daughter, nanny. he wrote, you know, many of his more familiar books during the 1970s, and we're happy to have this typewriter. he, he was not a fan of high technology, and he did not use a computer. he preferred to, to use the typewriter through his dying day. he liked to work in be his home -- in his home on an office chair and a coffee table. he would slump over his typewriter. he, vonnegut would go out into the world every day. he talks about how he had learned that you could buy postage stamps over the internet, and he just thought that was horrible because then, you know, if he chose that route, he would not have the everyday experience of going to the post office. and those everyday experiences and the people he encountered during his daley walks were the -- daily walks were the basis for some of his stories. he met a number of very interesting characters in new york city, and going out and meeting people, you know, was a way for him to capture new

this is a kurt vonnegut timeline. if you would allow me i would like to read the quote at the top of this beautiful painting which was created by the artist chris king, and by a vonnegut scholar named rodney. of both of these individuals live in louisiana. and the quote reads, all moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist. different moments just the way we can look at a stretch of the rocky mountains for instance. they can see how permanent all the moments are. it's just an illusion we have here on earth that once a moment is gone, it's gone forever. and something that's unique about our timeline is we actually start on the right side and move to the left, rather than the left side and move to the right. one thing we want to mention about this quote, we hope that vonnegut would know that while he may think that, may have thought that once a moment is gone it's gone forever, we like to think that the moment of kurt vonnegut will live on forever here at the vonnegut library. he went to cor