by Hank Nuwer | Apr 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner covered the imminent opening of a Raisin in the Sun directed by Bunny Fleeks. I have a small part on the stage as the play concludes. Come out if you can, Readers. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner story and photo by H. Lehman, an Alaska Press...
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Grand Old Man of Summer is Gone, Bless Him By Hank Nuwer The news of onetime Brooklyn Dodgers star pitcher Carl Erskine’s death at 97 on April 16 th recalled a wonderful memory. The year was 1997, and I was finishing up a two-year term as a visiting associate...
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
Near Darke (reprinted from Greenville Daily Advocate) By Hank Nuwer Thar’s a new business in town, Friends. It’s the Union City Hometown Coffee on the Indiana side of Stateline. Word reached us from a neighbor who has taken a part-time job in the shop. Yes, the folks...
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
This was a column from a few years back. It generated a few letters to me. I always enjoy hearing other people’s viewpoints. Indianapolis now has removed the Confederate statue from Garfield Park. This dramatic move coincided with the “Black Lives...
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
Far From Randolph A Stranger Comes to Call By Hank Nuwer When we lived in Union City, our backyard neighbor was a mama opossum. The first time Gosia saw her with hanging babies, she couldn’t believe such a species existed. At our summer cabin in...
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
Hank Nuwer Once upon an evening dreary, while I pondered, eyes quite bleary, Over many a quaint and curious press release — Then, while I plodded toward my Jeep, I saw a heap so eerie, Thai food takeout I dropped earlier in a stew of grease. Thus begins my...
