Hank Nuwer Alaska Yarns
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Welcome. Enjoy the official story clearinghouse of Alaska author Hank Nuwer with photos by Malgorzata (Gosia) Nuwer. Scroll down to very bottom of this main page for archived stories.
Hank Nuwer: University of Alaska (Fairbanks) adjunct professor Hank Nuwer lives, writes, and acts (community theater) in northern Alaska.
Awards: Ball State University Journalism Hall of Fame, Buffalo State University honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Outstanding Alumnus, and BSU athletic Hall of Fame (team award). 2025 Alaska Children’s Trust Champion, 2025. 2025 Hoosier State Press Association first-place winner for commentary, 2023 and 2024 Alaska Press Club (APC) First-Place Columnist of the Year, and 2022 Ohio SPJ First-Place Columnist of the Year. Additional lower-ranking state awards for Best Humor (Alaska), Best (Indiana) column, Best Profile (Alaska), and Best Magazine business writing (Indianapolis Monthly) from the Alaska Press Club and the Society of Professional Journalists.
Gosia Nuwer photographs Alaska and its wildlife. She and Hank reside in Fairbanks, Alaska, with 5 acres in remote Alaska, a vacation cabin in Poland, and a vacation home in Union City, Indiana. She is an accountant by profession. Read about Gosia on CNN and People Magazine online.
Gosia and her husband Hank in 2025 contributed an article on Alaska back-road trips for Phi Kappa Phi’s Forum Magazine.
Podcast in The Culture
Podcast by Ian Mandt with Hank Nuwer
Hank Nuwer is a member of SPJ (and contest judge), Investigative Reporters and Editors, Biographers International, Western Writers of America, and the Sons of the American Legion.
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...
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Le pidió a una desconocida en internet que fuera su guía turística por Europa. Luego se enamoraron
Por Francesca Street, CNN Apr 3, 2026 Los viajes anteriores de Hank Nuwer a Europa no habían salido según lo planeado. En una ocasión, en Bruselas, se hospedó en un “barrio terrible” y luego intentó conducir, se perdió y tuvo dificultades para orientarse en un...
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...
How Hank Met Gosia by Francisca Street, CNN Travel Writer
Our thanks to master storyteller & writer Francisca for her sweet telling of our meeting, challenges as a couple, and happiness. Here is the link to the story and the lead only to the tale. HN He asked a stranger on the internet to be his European tour guide....
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, Fifteen years following the release of “And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life,” I decided to review the biography by Charles J. Shields, aka Chip Shields. I was shocked to see error...
Misadventures in Stooge Paradise (2021 reprint)
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...