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 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 | Jul 14, 2026 | Book Review
By Hank Nuwer Collier’s magazine once flourished as one of the most-read publications in America. Kurt Vonnegut fans celebrate the tale of his discovery by Collier’s fiction editor Knox Burger. Publishing a story in Collier’s encouraged Vonnegut to keep writing–even...
by Hank Nuwer | May 31, 2026 | Book Review
Last Frontier Tales A Lost Treasure Found: Cordova Times Book Review Paul Solka: Alaska Painter and Chronicler of Pioneer Life By Hank Nuwer, Cordova Times Solka: In His Words and Art Ray Bonnell and Chuck Gray, Editors Fairbanks: Pingo Press, 2025; $25...
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 15, 2026 | Book Review, Hank Nuwer Indiana & Ohio Stories
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....
