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.
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 The strangest use of the literary device of point of view can be found in Dan Wakefield's bio for young adults, Kurt Vonnegut: The Making of a Writer, $23.95 U.S. For me the biggest turnoff in this biography is that Wakefield presents Kurt...
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....
There’s no humor like gallows humor, is there?
Photo: Louis Kenneth Neu by Hank Nuwer One casualty of shrinking newspapers is the disappearance of wonderfully weird stories that once filled their pages. When a murderer named Louis Kenneth Neu went to the gallows in Louisiana in 1935, the Indianapolis Star reported...
More research needed: Was Nazi Party Member Cilly Aussem also the Wimbledon star?
Further research is needed to determine whether Germany's celebrated lawn tennis champion Cilly Aussem was a member of the Nazi Party. Given the gravity of Nazi Party membership, I think it's important to distinguish clearly between what the records establish, what...
Edith Vonnegut’s death: coronary occlusion or suicide as her son claimed?
By Hank Nuwer, excerpt from “Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole. A Life of Reinvention.” In-progress bio by Hank Nuwer Preface: Was Edith Vonnegut’s death a suicide? Due to the gravity of a person leaving this life by suicide, shouldn't...