Vonnegut Bio; Hank Nuwer Stories
Grab a coffee and enjoy the story clearinghouse of Hank Nuwer with photos of Alaska and its wildlife by Malgorzata (Gosia) Nuwer.
You’ll find that I’ve added some finished and partially finished biography-in-progress of Kurt Vonnegut, “The Man in the Hole.”
Hank Nuwer’s Indiana University Press books on hazing. Podcast in The Culture
Podcast of “Weed in the Garden of Academe” with Hank Nuwer
Scroll down for archived Realalaskadaily stories.Thank you for reading. Got a compliment or gripe? Drop a line to Hjnuwer@Alaska.edu. Gosia and I want to keep this site ad-free. Trying to raise funds for last-minute research on my Kurt Vonnegut biography: “Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole. A Life of Reinvention.” (“Not authorized, but authentic scholarship”). Your donation would be so helpful: Hank Nuwer, PO Box 73446; Fairbanks, AK 99707-3446.
March 23, 2025 at 9 p.m.
Went out to Pleasant Valley toward Chena Hot Springs for a long drive after Strike! in hopes of seeing wildlife. Gosia spotted a nice red fox and a female moose. Ugh, I was driving and missed both critters!!!! The Alaskan scenic colors at 9 p.m. in fading light were...
Profile of Hank Nuwer at the University of Alaska
Thank you to CLA for your coverage. Photos and story at below link https://www.uaf.edu/cla/news/2025/weight-of-power.php The Weight of Power Kade Mendelowitz Hank Nuwer as Harry Fatt (left), Kyle Moore as Joe and Faith Burns as Edna in Waiting for Lefty during...
When a killer disease swamped Alaska and its villages
from the Cordova Times, March 21, 2025 When Flu Fears Raged in Alaska By Hank Nuwer The Cordova Times in 1920 addressed a nasty flu outbreak that resulted in deaths all over Alaska from 1918 to 1920. Similar outbreaks in Seattle, Chicago and New York resulted in many...
Excited about new UAF musical
Thank you to University of Alaska for this nice profile in time four our musical strike in March 2025. https://www.uaf.edu/cla/news/2025/weight-of-power.php he Weight of Power Kade Mendelowitz Hank Nuwer as Harry Fatt (left), Kyle Moore as Joe and Faith Burns as Edna...
The Man Behind the Stutz
by Hank Nuwer Novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald won acclaim for two novels. The first was “This Side of Paradise” in 1920. It was a semi-autobiographical novel about a Princeton student who chases fleshly pleasures like the rest of his Lost Generation. The second was the...
From Felon to Hero to Accused Criminal again: Floyd Andrew DeHay, aka Frank Dorbrandt
Daredevil of the Skies, Floyd Andrew DeHay, aka Frank Dorbrandt By Hank Nuwer Alaska’s wide spaces, upper-level win currents, and landing fields in questionable condition made flying in pioneer days before World War Two required pilots with uncommon skill, guts and...
Mildred Keaton: The Nurse of the Arctic
By Hank Nuwer Alaska’s native peoples called her “Big Girl” because she was tall and rugged as a logger. Others, whose lives she saved with grit, heart and sheer determination over more than a half-century, called her an angel or saint. Nurse and...
What They Learned in School That Week By Hank Nuwer
The Cordova Daily Times in 1923 devoted a page to student learning. I selected at random the news for Feb. 10-17. 1923. The information remains interesting more than a century later. For starters, we learn that the faculty had only three teachers. School...
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, Author, Humanitarian and Disgraced Adventurer
By Hank Nuwer When federal prisoner Frederick A. Cook was released from a Leavenworth prison in March of 1930, he had $50 in his billfold, which was, at age 65, his entire life savings. His accomplishments in that long lifetime were considerable. And he once...