You know, we just never know what is going on in people's lives. In the early 1980s I had the privilege to interview Kurt Vonnegut. Looking back on it I remember him as one of the most helpful and kind interviewees that I'd ever interview (Alan Ginsberg falling into that category as well). Little did I know what he was living thru tho I learned later he, himself was clinically depressed. So he's always had a special place in my heart and memories.
Then I ran across this review of his son's book:
In his new memoir, Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness, Only More So, pediatrician Mark Vonnegut explains how bipolar disorder has shaped but not defined his life -- and he describes life with his father, novelist Kurt Vonnegut. I've not read it yet but shall but I wanted to post it for all of us this past couple of weeks who have been struggling with the affected folks in our own families. I am so glad to find a book where someone can talk about what it has been like to live a life time with this illness.
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http://open.salon.com/blog/patie/2009/08/16/going_native_in_prison/
Funsa: good to see you again
Scanner: I kind of figured you for a Vonnegut fan. I was so young and petrified when I interviewed him and didn't think I could do. He grinned (I must have been cuter than I thought I was! lol) and said: Let's start with one of those stupid questions...and he picks up a pencil and says: Ms Patie what do you write with? A No 2 or a mechanical pencil. I just fell out laughing and, of course, relaxed.
Tom: you are so write and another reason I wanted to catch up with his memoirs...thanks for dropping by.