Hank Nuwer Alaska Yarns
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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
Beloit to ? today
Woke up at 4 a.m. Central time to write a letter for reference for a super Ball State University journalism student seeking an internship at the Met. Gosia is still sleeping. This chain motel has breakfast at six a.m. There is a coffee pot in room but no coffee. ...
Day One: Beloit, WI
Hello, hello. Gosia and I are safe and warm in a Beloit motel. Both our van and Jeep are tied to the hitching posts outside. Our trip had a rocky start. We forgot the chains in case of snow trouble, and Gosia went back to Union City to fetch them while I nursed a...
American Airlines Super-Stars: Steve and Valerie of Manchester, N.H. Airport
This New Year's morning, Gosia and I stopped for coffee and a donut just outside the Manchester (NH) airport. I left my jacket behind when we departed. I realized it at the American Airlines check-in station. Supervisor Valerie said she was getting off shift at 10:30...
Guard your chainsaws
Gosia and I enjoyed a last lunch yesterday at the Greenville, NH country diner called Marcus Pi. The waitress warned us we would have a long wait to be served and long time to get our food because she had only one cook that day. It was a pleasant cafe with a clean...
Happy New Year from the N.H. cabin
Having maple-flavored coffee from a friend's store, a local cafe dinner, and a spirited game of BLOKUS with Gosia.
The worst roadside attraction in New Hampshire
December 31, 2022 Greetings from New Hampshire and our last day at the cabin in the hills of New Ipswich. Big thanks to cabin hosts John and Colleen. Thanks also to Ben and Eric at Rainstorm for building this blog. Yesterday was so funny. We were excited to read the...
Visiting N.H. before taking the “Alcan” Highway to Alaska
Greetings from Union City, Indiana. Like the reporter of Alaska Daily, I am venturing into Alaska to make a permanent address change. On January 3, I need to move from Point A (Union City, IN) to Point B (Fairbanks, Alaska through–BRRRRR–Canada by Jeep and van). If...