by Hank Nuwer | Apr 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
THIS weekend, we invite you to see The Sunshine Boys at the Hap Ryder Theater. We have had good dress rehearsals all week and we’ll be presenting the Neil Simon comedy for the NEXT three weekends. Come say hello to moi afterwords. I’m the actor in the... by Hank Nuwer | Apr 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
Documentary: This is one of the most compelling investigations on hazing that I have been involved in as a hazing expert. I think it is a good film for high school and college students to watch as a cautionary tale. It occurred at a SUNY school in Plattsburgh. Note... by Hank Nuwer | Mar 29, 2026 | Uncategorized
Author Dan O’Neill has written an outstanding biography of geologist Dave Hopkins. It’s also a biography of a submerged place. Have your library order it. A must read for Arctic worshippers.
by Hank Nuwer | Mar 29, 2026 | Uncategorized
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). Fifteen years following the release of “And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life,” I...
by Hank Nuwer | Mar 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
My wife Gosia and I returned yesterday from a working vacation in Alaska. The mountains wore a majestic white cape of snow. As we drove hairpin turns on the Kenai Peninsula, the Avis rental car belched an ominous warning noise. Gulp, a dashboard icon predicted...
by Hank Nuwer | Mar 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Boy of Summer: First published in the Cordova Times By Hank Nuwer I grow excited each year as baseball spring training reports from Florida and Arizona announce the coming of a new season. My father only watched boxing matches...