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Hank Nuwer: University of Alaska (Fairbanks) adjunct professor Hank Nuwer lives, writes, and acts (community theater) in northern Alaska. Hank Nuwer Bio. Alaska Hank Nuwer News.
Gosia Nuwer photographs Alaska and its wildlife. She and Hank reside in Fairbanks, Alaska, with 5 acres in remote Alaska and a vacation cabin in Poland.
Gosia and her husband Hank collaborated on Alaskan road trips for Phi Kappa Phi’s Forum Magazine.
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CEO for Foundation Health Partners: interview
This was a post from two years ago in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner when I was editor. October 2023. For someone with one of the most important Mover-and-Shaker positions in Fairbanks, Shelley Ebenel certainly looks relaxed as she arrives early for a meeting...
From literary star to oblivion: E. W. Johnson, Tom Wolfe’s short-term collaborator
Novelist Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was stuck in time. Stuck in a Travelodge, no less, with repulsive, cutesy trademark Sleepy Bears. A Sleepy Bear in nightcap and nightshirt on the motel welcome sign. On the counter at check-in. Stuffed Sleepy Bear toys placed atop the guest...
Alaska Press Clubs Awards, April 19, 2026
Pleased to receive 3rd place for Best Profile, small circulation papers. The certificate names wrong winng paper. It should be Cordova Times. Thanks for the recognition, APC!!!
Charles J. Shields on editing and allegations regarding Vonnegut stock ownership
Although I found fault with "And So It Goes," the biography of Kurt Vonnegut, I found this interview with Shields on editing to be well worth the reading. Perhaps the problem with accuracy lies with his editors. Shields said this to an interviewer: I don’t get...
Oodles of Doodles by Kurt Vonnegut, a coffeetable book
Here is the link to a review. Kurt Vonnegut Drawings: edited by Nanette Vonnegut It's in coffeetable book format. Try not to spill your coffee on its pages. .)
He loved her to death
He loved her to death. By Hank Nuwer All married couples make one beautiful promise at the outset. “Until death do us part.” My friends Jimmy and Karen made that same vow. Unfortunately, each made a bad choice. Each put another before them. Jimmy...
Reading now: Frostlines by Neil Shea
Photo: by Gosia Nuwer Everybody has THAT book they say they can't put down. Frostlines by Neil Shea is a book I'm finishing, but have put down several times--to ponder. Shea sees the world like a man who has SEEN the ARCTIC world, and I trust his voice on paper in...
First wild hare of spring
Gosia and I experienced a smiling moment when I opened the kitchen curtains today. For a good 30 seconds, we enjoyed a visit from a white hare. Either its color was changing or it had brushed against some black snow. Then, the hare bounded off. Perhaps it was the...
Review: A Final Valiant Act: The Story of Doug Dickey, Medal of Honor by James B. Lang
A Final Valiant Act: The Story of Doug Dickey, Medal of Honor by James B. Lang The urge begins as a mere impulse. “I could write a book,” someone thinks. “I should write a book.” While millions have confessed a similar urge, few start — let alone finish — the task....