by Hank Nuwer | Aug 22, 2026 | Book Review, Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole
Students are back at the University of Alaska, and my hours for enjoyment reading have been reduced. So, instead of book reviews this week, I’ll just announce the titles of two new Vonnegut books. The first, Vonnegut’s War: The Making of...
by Hank Nuwer | Aug 20, 2026 | Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole
During my visit to the Charles J. Shields Collection at the Indianapolis Historical Society, I read a transcript of a conversation between Kurt Vonnegut and Shields in which Vonnegut’s second wife Jill Krementz was present. Jill brought out her camera and...
by Hank Nuwer | Aug 18, 2026 | Alaska Tales, True Crime
When the News Was the Editor By Hank Nuwer Top photo is Ken Noblit It’s an unwritten law in the newsroom. Journalists cover the news, but never become the news. But back in 1988, the editorial staff of the Fairbanks News-Miner got a huge shock. The crime reporters had...
by Hank Nuwer | Aug 16, 2026 | Alaska Tales
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 in the FBDN…and how I...
by Hank Nuwer | Aug 15, 2026 | Hank Nuwer Autobiography
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. A...
