Friday, April 20, 2007
We are Virginia Tech
Here's a video of the touching closing piece at the Virginia Tech convocation in light of the recent tragedy.UPDATE: Virginia Tech posted the transcript of Prof. Nikki Giovanni's speech.
Comments:
4/21/2007 12:33 AM -- 
says:
Nikki nailed it. Thanks for telling me about the poem.
Kurt Vonnegut was one of my faves in my late teens -- you should read Breakfast of Champions too. Slaughterhouse-Five also blew me away. In an old interview aired on NPR after his death, the author talked about being in a basement slaughterhouse while Dresden was firebombed. So the book was based on true experience.
4/23/2007 2:27 PM -- 
jaemark says:
hey howie,
i've been trying to get a hold of as many vonnegut works nga rin (on the cheap, of course). i've read a lot of good things about breakfast of champions nga, and it's at the top of my list.
