Vonnegut Bio; Hank Nuwer Stories
Grab a coffee and enjoy the story clearinghouse of Hank Nuwer with photos of Alaska and its wildlife by Malgorzata (Gosia) Nuwer.
You’ll find that I’ve added some finished and partially finished biography-in-progress of Kurt Vonnegut, “The Man in the Hole.”
Hank Nuwer’s Indiana University Press books on hazing. Podcast in The Culture
Podcast of “Weed in the Garden of Academe” with Hank Nuwer
Scroll down for archived Realalaskadaily stories.Thank you for reading. Got a compliment or gripe? Drop a line to Hjnuwer@Alaska.edu. Gosia and I want to keep this site ad-free. Trying to raise funds for last-minute research on my Kurt Vonnegut biography: “Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole. A Life of Reinvention.” (“Not authorized, but authentic scholarship”). Your donation would be so helpful: Hank Nuwer, PO Box 73446; Fairbanks, AK 99707-3446.
When you, the editor, makes the news
When the News Was the Editor By Hank Nuwer It’s an unwritten law in the newsroom. Journalists cover the news, but never are the news. But back in 1988, the editorial staff of the Fairbanks News-Miner got a huge shock. The crime reporters had the thinnest of leads from...
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner’s new announcement raises questions
August 17, 2 pm Alaska time: The article below was a response to this short item published 22 hours ago. I've since found answers to a couple of my questions, but I think more answers will be heard before long. This is what I read...and how I responded: The Fairbanks...
Thoughts on Reaching Age 80
Thoughts on Reaching Age 80 By Hank Nuwer I grew up in a family where my mother’s people and my father’s people died at an old age. My father’s dad lived to 86. My mother’s dad lived to 95. I was born on August 19, 1946, just before the Nuremberg Trials began....
Vonnegut in the news: Vonnegut Museum Purchased by Purdue and Utah Censorship Lawsuit
The major headlines surrounding Kurt Vonnegut involve his estate launching a high-profile federal lawsuit against book banning and Purdue University purchasing his museum and library to secure its long-term future. [1, 2] The Vonnegut v. Utah Federal Lawsuit The...
Brief Review: “You, You, You, You”: Dan Wakefield’s Kurt Vonnegut: The Making of a Writer
Book Review by Hank Nuwer A strange, disconcerting use of point of view mars Dan Wakefield's bio for young adults, Kurt Vonnegut: The Making of a Writer, $23.95 U.S. The cover's sprawling type looks like a ransom note with underarm hair. For me the biggest turnoff in...
Another Exclusive: The Late Bloomer
As an adult and published essayist, Kay’s nonfiction and interviews with the press frequently refer to his family’s diminished financial circumstances during the Great Depression. During the summer of 1942, Kay wrote in his Sun column that he had worked for a mere 17...
Buffalo Bill’s grandson may have inspired Kurt Vonnegut’s Wild Bob from Slaughterhouse-Five
By Hank Nuwer, excerpt from “Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole. A Life of Reinvention.” In-progress bio by Hank Nuwer On the third day of the German offensive at the Battle of the Bulge, Colonel Charles C. Cavender, commander of the 423rd Infantry Regiment, asked for...
A possible autobiographical link between Kurt Vonnegut and Deadeye Dick
First published as "Deadeye Kurt" in the Cordova Times. By Hank Nuwer, excerpt from “Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole. A Life of Reinvention.” In-progress bio by Hank Nuwer Kurt Vonnegut described his father as a gentle, soft-spoken pacifist. Even so, Kurt...
Kate Kennedy’s McCarthy, Alaska Went from Boom to Bust
By Hank Nuwer: First published in the Cordova Times Bad news made headlines on April 1, 1937, but it was no April Fool’s joke. Officials at the Kennecott Corporation announced on April 1, 1937, that the copper mine would close within two years....