Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style by Kurt Vonnegut and Suzanne McConnell Format:Paperback Gordo Livingstone never forgot the

Gordo Livingstone never forgot the lessons carved into his skin

but if he makes a formal request to be removed from duty

and forgiveness

they seem to have nothing in common

—cover art by the award-winning cartoonist Jordan Crane

Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style by Kurt Vonnegut and Suzanne McConnell Format:Paperback Gordo Livingstone never forgot theKurt Vonnegut used to like to say, "Practicing an art form is a way to grow your soul." He would screw up his lips into a prune face after he said this because of how important he believed this idea to be. Pity the Reader is the very embodiment of that idea, a book about writing and life and why the two go together. It includes rare photos and reproductions, Vonnegut's own account in his own words of how he became a writer and why it matters, and