| Title | Date | Notes |
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| About This Play | | Introduction to Happy Birthday, Wanda June |
| Address to P.E.N.
Conference in Stockholm, | | Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
| "As a Kid I Was the Youngest" | Published in Man Without a Country |
| "America: Right and Wrong" | September 12, | Published in The Montreal Gazette |
| "American Christmas Card " | December 23, | Published in In These Times |
| "Der Arme Dolmetscher" (English: "The Poor Interpreters") | July | Published in The Atlantic Monthly, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
| Author's Note to Bluebeard | October |
| Author's Note to Man Without a Country | September 22, |
| "Avoiding the Big Bang" | June 13, | Published in The New York Times |
| "Bernard Vonnegut: The Rainmaker" | January 4, | Obituary for his brother, published in The New York Times |
| "The Best of Bob and Ray" | Book introduction published in Palm Sunday |
| "Biafra: A People Betrayed" | | Published
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