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.

Hank Nuwer, PO Box 73446; Fairbanks, AK 99707-3446.

 

Going once, twice, sold

Going once, twice, sold

I don’t gamble, but if I did my adrenaline might skyrocket as it did the night I entered an online Great North Auction for the stamp collection of the late Russell Hobart Green Jr. of Fairbanks. I knew exactly what was in the collection and had a pretty good sense of...

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Finding small treasures in a sea of trash

Finding small treasures in a sea of trash by Hank Nuwer My wife Gosia and I like flea markets. Gosia discovered the ramshackle Schleeters Auction and Flea Market in St. Marys, Ohio. Last Saturday, she brought me there to browse. I contemplated buying a 1957 Christmas...

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How small of a town is Fairbanks, Alaska?

How small of a town is Fairbanks, Alaska?

Fairbanks, AK, I swear, is as smalltown as any town in America. I called the local hospital today to get an appointment for a colonoscopy. The male operator asked for my name. "Nuwer," I said. "Oh, must be Hank Nuwer," he said. Uhhuh. Like I said: Small Town, USA.

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Going once, going twice—Sold!

Going once, going twice—Sold!

by Hank Nuwer, Winchester News-Gazette column I don’t gamble, but if I did my adrenaline might skyrocket as it did the night I entered an online Great North Auction for the stamp collection of the late Russell Hobart Green, Jr. of Fairbanks. I knew exactly what was in...

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Weekends

Weekends fly by all too fast, don’t they? One week ago Saturday my wife Gosia and I enjoyed the incredible vistas on the highway south of Delta Junction and north of Paxson. The next day I took Gosia for her first trip on the Dalton Highway, but we did not drive too...

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