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.
Running Against the Grain (Timmy Brown) by Roy Weaver, David Sullivan, Shawn Sriver
Far from Randolph County: Publishing is like writing against the wind (First published in the Winchester News-Gazette, May 2, 2024 When I go to parties, I’m the least likely guest to don a lampshade for attention. Chances are you’ll find me by my lonesome in the...
Unintended causes should concern us all
It’s a story as old as the story of human progress. A new discovery or innovation heralded for its efficacy is suspected to have harmful effects that require ingenuity on the part of researchers to find an antidote to the unintended causes. I consider it compelling...
Hank Nuwer wins Best Columnist for 2023 in Alaska
The award was bestowed last weekend by the Alaska Press Club. Nuwer also won second place for his gumorous column titled "The Raven Whisperer."
Raisin in the Sun Opens This Weekend in Fairbanks
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...
Rest in peace, Carl Erskine
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...
Review: Union City Hometown Coffee on the Indiana side of Stateline.
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...
Archives: Remembering those who died at Camp Morton
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 Matter”...
The Moose Visitor
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...
The Raven Whisperer
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...