Happy birthday, Wanda June
a play
by Kurt Vonnegut · first published 1971
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The opening lines is "This is a simple-minded play about men who enjoy killing, and those who don't." It's a story about a little girl named Wanda June who is in heaven because she was run over by an ice cream truck right before her birthday.
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> I haven't yet encountered anything by Vonnegut that I didn't enjoy reading. Attempted Slapstick or Happy Birthday, Wanda June? :-) Or most of the posthumously-released material, for that matter. But yeah, his batting average was pretty damn high.
on “A step-by-step guide to our solar system’s demise” ↗…Mother Night: A God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater: A Jailbird: A Player Piano: B Welcome to the Monkeyhouse: B- Breakfast of Champions: C Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons: C Palm Sunday: C Slapstick: D Happy Birthday, Wanda June: D
on “I am very real” ↗