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.

 

Santa is in the holiday spirit

Santa is in the holiday spirit

After performing Tues. morning for an audience of bussed-in schoolchildren, the cast sang a Christmas carol (with the kids) that raised the roof, and I (Santa) answered such sweet questions from the boys and girls. It looked like a fifth of the house or more had...

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1975

A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1975

One little confession: When I returned to acting onstage after nearly a half-century since I played Bottom in a Reno stage production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1975, all my performances of my one-man hazing-prevention plays were stage readings. I honestly did...

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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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