Stories, Journalism & Vonnegut Bio Hank Nuwer
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.
Minnesota whiteouts, winds and wicked weather. Then on to beautiful N.D. and welcoming Canada
Good morning. It’s 3:50 a.m. Central Time on Friday as I write now in Estevan, Saskatchewan. Not much time to write the last two days. We just plugged on and on. We stopped at the duty-free shop at the Customs border in Portal, N.D. last night and bought a not-bad...
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...