God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian.God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian, by Kurt Vonnegut, is a collection of short fictional interviews written by Vonnegut and first broadcast on NPR. The title parodies that of Vonnegut's 1965 novel God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. by Kurt Vonnegut (New York: Seven Stories Press, 1999); 79 pp.; $18,00 cloth. I am a humanist ... [and] honorary president of the American Humanist Association The American Humanist Association (AHA) is an educational organization in the United States that advances Humanism. It is the original Humanist organization, and embraces secular, religious, and other manifestations of Humanist philosophy. ," Vonnegut proclaims in the introduction to his new book, "which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without any expectation of rewards or punishments after I'm dead." With his usual wit, whimsy whim·sy also whim·sey n. pl. whim·sies also whim·seys 1. An odd or fanciful idea; a whim. 2. A quaint or fanciful quality: stories full of whimsy. , irony, and surprises, Vonnegut offers us in God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian a variety of imaginary interviews with such personalities as Clarence Darrow, Eugene V. Debs, Adolph Hitler, Isaac Newton, James Earl Ray ''This article or section is being rewritten at , and sourcing.]] James Earl Ray (March 10, 1928 – April 23, 1998) was convicted of the assassination of American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., which occurred on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. , William Shakespeare, Mary Shelley, Isaac Asimov, and other departeds, courtesy of a succession of round-trip near-death excursions to the Pearly Gates arranged by Dr. Kevorkian at George W. Bush's lethal injection facility in Huntsville, Texas. The book, which began as a series of ninety-second interludes on National Public Radio's WNYC in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , is a short but thoroughly delightful read. Edd Doerr has authored and edited numerous books on church-state separation and First Amendment rights. |
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