by Hank Nuwer | Aug 1, 2026 | Creative Writing
Xavier Lysiak rearranged the papers on his writing table. Today he planned to polish his dissertation, his ticket to a terminal degree and a teaching career. Now his cell phone rang, and he read the caller ID. “I’m handling a tragic mess at Dotty’s place,” his boss...
by Hank Nuwer | Jul 22, 2026 | Creative Writing, Hazing, True Crime
By Hank Nuwer: The details and facts in this essay were taken from testimony delivered by members of KAS on October 12 and October 16, 1873, at a two-day coroner’s inquest in Ithaca, New York,. Charles Wason.. Mortimer Marcellus Leggett arrived at Cornell...
by Hank Nuwer | Jul 22, 2026 | Creative Writing, Hazing, True Crime
Carl Dingens (team photo), Row Two, Blonde hair, second from right Carl L. Dingens, Cornell 1896: Carl Louis Dingens died in Buffalo on April 30, 1927..He was born in Buffalo March 22, 1873, the son of Joseph A. and Julia G. Dingens. He attended Canisius School... by Hank Nuwer | Apr 18, 2026 | Creative Writing, Uncategorized
He loved her to death. By Hank Nuwer All married couples make one beautiful promise at the outset. “Until death do us part.” My friends Jimmy and Karen made that same vow. Unfortunately, each made a bad choice. Each put another before them. Jimmy strayed first.... by Hank Nuwer | Dec 14, 2025 | Creative Writing, Hank Nuwer Autobiography
from Rendezvousing with Contemporary Writers Copyright Hank Nuwer Interviewed by Hank Nuwer Novelist Herbert Gold is the kind of man people fail to notice at parties until they bump into him at the shrimp bowl to find out what they’ve missed all evening. Thin and...
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...
