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This author claimed that his “prettiest contribution” was his master’s thesis on the “Shapes of Stories” in (10[1])his memoir Palm Sunday. (10[1])Harry takes on different personas based on his acting role in this author’s story “Who Am I This Time?”, which appears in a collection whose title story is about a society with “Ethical Suicide Parlors.” (10[1])This author wrote a story in which the title character shouts, “I am the Emperor!” to a ballet and a (10[1])man (10[1])winces at a “twenty-one-gun (10[1])salute” in his head. This author’s collection Welcome to the Monkey House (10[1])includes a story (10[1])set when “everybody was finally equal” in which (10[1])the Handicapper General shoots the title 14-year-old prison escapee. For 10 points, name this author of “Harrison Bergeron,” who also wrote about the firebombing of Dresden in Slaughterhouse-Five. ■END■

ANSWER: Kurt Vonnegut [or Kurt Vonnegut Jr.]
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