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November 11

An excerpt from Kurt Vonnegut's A Man Without a Country:

The most I can give you to cling to is a poor thing, actually. Not much better than nothing, and maybe it’s a little worse than nothing. It is the idea of a truly modern hero. It is the bare bones of the life of Ignaz Semmelweis, my hero.

September 22

While reading through Kurt Vonnegut’s papers in the Lilly Library, at Indiana University, as they worked on the first comprehensive edition of his short fiction, Vonnegut’s friend Dan Wakefield and Jerome Klinkowitz, a scholar of Vonnegut’s work, came across five previously unpublished stories. 

In anticipation of publishing Kurt Vonnegut’s Complete Stories (available for order today!), we’ve been rolling out some of those tales that never found their way into print. The Atlantic got “The Drone King,” which they published along with an incredible animated version of the story. Another, “Requiem for Zeitgeist” will be published tomorrow on the website of The Nation.

And here’s "And on Your Left," a never before published Vonnegut story exclusively for the Seven Stories blog. It tells the tale of hard scientists forced into a life of show biz, and how they conspire to get back to their work. We hope you enjoy!

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July 27

Attention all Tralfmadorians, Bokononists, and other Vonnegut fanatics!

In case you didn't know, Seven Stories is collecting, for the first time...

July 22

Paul Krassner, co-founder with Abbie Hoffman of the Yippies, author, editor, and all around merry prankster, died yesterday at 87. Seven Stories publisher Dan Simon shares a few words on why Paul was, as Kurt Vonnegut once put it, "one of our most important national treasures." You can donate in Paul's memory here.

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A newsletter from our publisher.

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March 09

Comedian, activist, and author Barry Crimmins died last month at the age of 64. One of the legends of the Boston comedy scene, as well as a childhood abuse survivor and a vigilante anti-pedophilia watchdog who helped expose the prevalance of child pornography on early AOL chatrooms, Crimmins was as influential as he was inimitable. In 2004, he published his personal and political memoir Never Shake Hands with a War CriminalBelow are two representatively eclectic chapters from a very funny and yet very serious book: the first is about starting Boston's first true comedy club, the Ding Ho, while living homeless on the outskirts of town, and the second is about snubbing the "satanic" architect of the United States government's atrocities in Vietnam. 

March 28

Happy birthday to Nelson Algren, one of Seven Stories's founding authors and patron saints. Algren was the first ever National Book Award winner, the one-time lover of Simone de Beauvoir, and an inspiration to artists as diverse as Kurt Vonnegut and Donald Barthelme, Studs Turkel and Lou Reed. But Algren was much more than his accolades and could ever show, as the following excerpt from his Noncomformity: Writing on Writing will attest. Beginning with an epigraph from F. Scott Fitzgerald in his 'crack-up' years, Algren's essay is, in some ways, the opposite of inspiring. It is a look into the depths of the writer's motivation (hint: vindictiveness), and a hymn to all those who "live underground." Perhaps enjoy is not the world—but we hope you'll find yourself moved and provoked by this lyrical and brilliant piece of writing on writing.

November 12

A note from our publisher remembering Juris Jurjevics, novelist and co-founder of Soho Press, who died this past Wednesday.

March 22

Seven Stories publisher Dan Simon's essay in the current Nation details why Nelson Algren matters so much—not just as a literary figure, but for us all, right here, right now. For one week only, take 75% off all e-books by Algren on the Seven Stories website. Click through for details.

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October28
The Midtown Scholar Bookstore is pleased to welcome longtime Kurt Vonnegut friend Dan Wakefield as he discusses the first-ever complete collection of Vonnegut's short stories, Kurt Vonnegut: Complete Stories.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
4.00pm
The Midtown Scholar Bookstore
October27
Whistlestop Bookshop is pleased to welcome longtime Kurt Vonnegut friend Dan Wakefield as he discusses the first-ever complete collection of Vonnegut's short stories.
Carlisle, PA
4.30pm
Whistlestop Bookshop
November30
Dan Wakefield on "The Trials and Triumphs of Kurt Vonnegut"
Bloomington, IN
5.00pm
Lincoln Room on the Lilly Library
May19
A Salute to Grads: Novelist Paul Auster; Kurt Vonnegut’s son, Mark Vonnegut; and graphic writer Ryan North Host a Virtual Graduation Party
The Internet!
7.00pm
The Internet!
February18
Dan Wakefield, a friend and mentee of Vonnegut’s, joins us to discuss and sign his new book.
Indianapolis, Indiana
2.00pm
Indy Reads
May15

Monday, May 15, 2023 at 7pm EDT

Calling all 2023 Grads! Gather your friends and...

Online, Internet!
7.00pm
Zoom / Live Stream
November01

Kurt Vonnegut spent 23 years on a novel based on his experience of the firebombing of Dresden...

Online, The Internet!
1.30pm
American Academy in Berlin (via Zoom)
November16

This first and only YA biography of the great American novelist and humanist comes out on the...

Online, Internet!
12.00pm
Miami Book Fair - Online
December08
Paul Auster reads Kurt Vonnegut, Kate Bornstein reads Cory Silverberg, Kia Corthron reads Octavia Butler, Francine Prose reads Annie Ernaux, Phil Jackson reads Charley Rosen. Reception to follow.
Brooklyn, NY
7.00pm
Brooklyn Public Library, Dr. S. Stevan Dweck Cultural Center, Central Library, Grand Army Plaza
November18

Second Read is a BPL Presents series that reevaluates canonical classic and contemporary...

Online, Internet!
7.00pm
Brooklyn Public Library (Zoom)
May12

Calling all 2020 Grads! Russell Banks, David Brancaccio, Dan Wakefield & Kia Corthron Host a...

Zoom, The Internet
7.00pm
May05

2020 Grads & Fans: Join Jacqueline Woodson, Tony Shalhoub, Lewis Black, and more live for an...

ZOOM, The Internet
7.00pm
September28
A conversation between Complete Stories editor Dan Wakefield and Seven Stories publisher Dan Simon
Indianapolis, IN
Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library
May20

In partnership with Seven Stories Press, publisher of Vonnegut’s If This Isn’t Nice,...

Indianapolis, IN
7.00pm
Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library (virtual)
January20

Seven Stories Press and KVML partner to present members of the Vonnegut family on a Zoom panel...

Online, Internet!
7.00pm
(Zoom) Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library
November05

The art and craft of writing by one of the few grandmasters of American literature, a bonanza for...

New York, NY
7.30pm
The Strand Bookstore
November20
A book reading and signing with Suzanne McConnell, co-author of Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style.
South Hadley, Ma
7.00pm
The Odyssey Bookstore
November12

Join us for the release of Lucky Mud & Other Foma: A Field Guide to Kurt Vonnegut's...

Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library
12.00pm
Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library
November22

Author, editor and writing teacher Suzanne McConnell was a student of Kurt Vonnegut’s at...

Brookline, MA
Brookline Booksmith
December03

Author, editor and writing teacher Suzanne McConnell was a student of Kurt Vonnegut’s at...

Rhinebeck, NY
6.00pm
Oblong Books & Music