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Welcome. Grab a coffee and enjoy the story clearinghouse of two-time Alaska Press Club Suzan Nightingale Best Columnist Hank Nuwer with occasional photos by Malgorzata (Gosia) Nuwer. Scroll down for archived Realalaskadaily stories.
Hank Nuwer: University of Alaska (Fairbanks) adjunct professor Hank Nuwer lives, writes, and acts in northern Alaska. Hank Nuwer Bio. Alaska Hank Nuwer News.
Gosia Nuwer photographs Alaska and its wildlife. She and Hank reside in Fairbanks, Alaska, with 5 acres in remote Alaska and a vacation cabin in Poland.
Gosia and her husband Hank recently collaborated on an article about Alaskan road trips for Phi Kappa Phi’s Forum Magazine.
Hank reviewed “And So It Goes,” a biography of Kurt Vonnegut by Charles J. Shields
Link to Hank Nuwer’s Indiana University Press books on hazing
Podcast of “Weed in the Garden of Academe” by journalist Ian Mandt with interviewee Hank Nuwer
Nuwer interviewed by NPR’s Audie Cornish
Link to the Cordova Times
Podcast in The Culture
Reading now: Frostlines by Neil Shea
Photo: by Gosia Nuwer Everybody has THAT book they say they can't put down. Frostlines by Neil Shea is a book I'm finishing, but have put down several times--to ponder. Shea sees the world like a man who has SEEN the ARCTIC world, and I trust his voice on paper in...
First wild hare of spring
Gosia and I experienced a smiling moment when I opened the kitchen curtains today. For a good 30 seconds, we enjoyed a visit from a white hare. Either its color was changing or it had brushed against some black snow. Then, the hare bounded off. Perhaps it was the...
Review: A Final Valiant Act: The Story of Doug Dickey, Medal of Honor by James B. Lang
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....
The lonely life of an Alaskan lightkeeper
By Hank Nuwer, Cordova Times columnist Few occupations were more beset with drudgery, isolation and loneliness than the occupation of a lighthouse keeper in Alaska. For this column, I thought I would write about the early history of lighthouses in Alaska. Buoys first...
Selected book reviews by Hank Nuwer
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...
Opening weekend: The Sunshine Boys: Hap Ryder Theater
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 funny pants and...
The short life and legacy of hazing victim Walter Dean Jennings
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...
Reading The Last Giant of Beringia: The Mystery of the Bering Land Bridge
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.
And So It Goes by Charles J. Shields. Review: A Kurt Vonnegut bio in need of factchecking
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...