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.
This is quite the yarn!
Last Frontier Tales He Had It Coming By Hank Nuwer Dan Berger was an Alaska sourdough who never struck it rich. He came to Alaska from Who Knows Where in 1897. He raced, too late, to every announced new gold strike. Finally, in 1906, he made...
Gosia and Hank’s Excellent Adventure
First published, Cordova Times' Last Frontier Days By Hank Nuwer During the reign (1558-1603) of Queen Elizabeth I, Shakespearian actor Will Kemp supposedly declared that anyone achieving fleeting fame might be dismissed as a “Nine Days’ Wonder.”...
CEO for Foundation Health Partners: interview
This was a post from two years ago in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner when I was editor. October 2023. For someone with one of the most important Mover-and-Shaker positions in Fairbanks, Shelley Ebenel certainly looks relaxed as she arrives early for a meeting...
From literary star to oblivion: E. W. Johnson, Tom Wolfe’s short-term collaborator
Novelist Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was stuck in time. Stuck in a Travelodge, no less, with repulsive, cutesy trademark Sleepy Bears. A Sleepy Bear in nightcap and nightshirt on the motel welcome sign. On the counter at check-in. Stuffed Sleepy Bear toys placed atop the guest...
Alaska Press Clubs Awards, April 19, 2026
Pleased to receive 3rd place for Best Profile, small circulation papers. The certificate names wrong winng paper. It should be Cordova Times. Thanks for the recognition, APC!!!
Charles J. Shields on editing and allegations regarding Vonnegut stock ownership
Although I found fault with "And So It Goes," the biography of Kurt Vonnegut, I found this interview with Shields on editing to be well worth the reading. Perhaps the problem with accuracy lies with his editors. Shields said this to an interviewer: I don’t get...
Oodles of Doodles by Kurt Vonnegut, a coffeetable book
Here is the link to a review. Kurt Vonnegut Drawings: edited by Nanette Vonnegut It's in coffeetable book format. Try not to spill your coffee on its pages. .)
He loved her to death
He loved her to death. By Hank Nuwer All married couples make one beautiful promise at the outset. “Until death do us part.” My friends Jimmy and Karen made that same vow. Unfortunately, each made a bad choice. Each put another before them. Jimmy strayed first....
Reading now: Frostlines by Neil Shea
Photo: by Gosia Nuwer Everybody has THAT book they say they can't put down. Frostlines by Neil Shea is a book I'm finishing, but have put down several times--to ponder. Shea sees the world like a man who has SEEN the ARCTIC world, and I trust his voice on paper in...