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