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....
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 11, 2026 | Book Review
I read daily and love reading. I also like reading book reviews by savvy reviewers like New Yorker/Slate reviewer Katy Waldman, particularly her review of The Brothers Karamazov (Bernard and Kurt Vonnegut) by Ginger Strand in Slate. Here are just a few of my book...
by Hank Nuwer | Mar 29, 2026 | Book Review, Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole
Related article: Relatives of Kurt Vonnegut enrolled as members in Nazi Party Charles J. Shields, And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life. Henry Holt and Company, (hardcover with introduction; paperback with introduction excised by publisher without explanation). ...
by Hank Nuwer | May 6, 2025 | Book Review, Creative Writing, Hank Nuwer Autobiography
Yesterday for the first time I read a sad, brilliant piece of creative nonfiction in The Georgia Review, a periodical my long-ago house mate once appeared in. And like my former house mate, the author of this story was a Pushcart Press award winner. The title is...
