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the eastland center
from the virgin suicides posted in literature by ajdi78
“We heard reports of the girls walking aimlessly through Eastland, down the lighted mall with its timid fountains and hot dogs impaled beneath heat lamps.”
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from kurt vonnegut posted in literature by donkeyoti
Located in the The Emelie Building in Indianapolis, the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library was created to honor his legacy. The KVML holds a collection of Vonnegut photos, writings, and possessions of the famous writer. The library serves as a cultural and educational resource facility, museum, art gallery, and reading room, as well as supporting language and visual arts education through programs and outreach activities with other groups.
Admission is free, donations are accepted, and the library is open 12-5 pm daily (except Wednesday).
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from kurt vonnegut posted in literature by donkeyoti
Vonnegut lived here with his family for the first eight years of his life, from 1923 to 1930.
Remnants of the Vonneguts remain, including a leaded glass window in the front door that bears his parents' monogram, and the entire family left their handprints in cement outside the back door.
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from kurt vonnegut posted in literature by donkeyoti
Kurt Vonnegut graduated from this Shortridge High School in 1940. Opened in 1864, it is the oldest free high school in Indiana. Vonnegut wrote for the newspaper, the Echo, here and also served as its editor.
He spoke highly of the institution: "It's my dream of America with great public schools. I thought we should be the envy of the world with our public schools. And I went to such a public school. So I knew that such a school was possible. Shortridge High School in Indianapolis produced not only me, but the head writer on the I LOVE LUCY show (Madelyn Pugh). And, my God, we had a daily paper, we had a debating team, had a fencing team. We had a chorus, a jazz band, a serious orchestra. And all this with a Great Depression going on. And I wanted everybody to have such a school."
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from philip k. dick posted in literature by nevereatshreddedwheat
Philip K. Dick died on March 2, 1982 at the age of fifty-three. He is buried next to his twin sister Jane at this gravesite in Fort Morgan, Colorado.