A loving, intimate memoir from a lifelong friend of Kurt Vonnegut, including photos and never-before-published correspondence

When Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. ducked into his classroom at the Iowa Writers Workshop in September of 1965, his jokes drew only weak laughter and a few rolled eyes. But workshop student Loree Rackstraw was quietly impressed by this great bear of a man and his down-to-earth sensibilities about writing.

That fall, an impossible romance began between the then-unknown author and his studenta brief affair that matured into a joyful, lifelong friendship. Rackstraw distills four decades of memories and Vonneguts letters to her into an affectionate memoir that crackles with the creative energy of one of Americas most beloved writers.Author: Loree Rackstraw. Hardcover; 304 pages.

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