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 13, 2026 | Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole
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...
by Hank Nuwer | Aug 12, 2026 | Book Review, Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole
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...
by Hank Nuwer | Aug 12, 2026 | Book Review, Hank Nuwer Indiana & Ohio Stories, Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole
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...
by Hank Nuwer | Aug 10, 2026 | Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole
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...
