Author

Dan Wakefield

<a href="http://www.danwakefield.com/">Dan Wakefield</a>, NF '64, edited and annotated "<a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/book/184338/kurt-vonnegut-letters-by-kurt-vonnegut">Kurt Vonnegut: Letters</a>," published in October by Delacorte. Wakefield, a faculty mentor in the MFA writing program at Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, is also the author of the novels "<a href="http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/product_info.php?products_id=21363">Going All The Way</a>" and "Starting Over," both of which were made into feature films, and the memoirs "<a href="http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=1484">Returning: A Spiritual Journey</a>" and "<a href="http://us.macmillan.com/newyorkinthe50s/DanWakefield">New York in the Fifties</a>," which was made into a documentary. In 2012 he returned to live in Indianapolis, his and Kurt Vonnegut's hometown.

“Get This Boy in Our Stable”

Dan Wakefield, NF ’64, edited and annotated the recently published “Kurt Vonnegut: Letters.” Here he reflects on first meeting Vonnegut during his Nieman year and the impact the resulting friendship…