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
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Hank Nuwer, PO Box 73446; Fairbanks, AK 99707-3446.
“Poor Old Edgar Derby”: the Michael Paiella chapter
Excerpt from a biography-in-progress by Hank Nuwer: "Poor Old Edgar Derby" “Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole. A Life of Reinvention.” by Hank Nuwer Chapter: "Poor Old Edgar Derby". Catch an error? Suggest any changes? By all means, write Hank Nuwer at...
The Death of Kurt Vonnegut’s Brother-in-Law
Note: This chapter from my in-progress biography of Kurt Vonnegut must and will be cut significantly for space and for reader interest. I included it all here as a draft, not the final draft. Footnotes are placed here for position only. They will be placed at the end...
That time Boots and Beans killed the Vonnegut cat
Excerpt from "Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole," a bio-in-progress by Hank Nuwer Kurt Vonnegut described his father as a gentle, soft-spoken pacifist. Even so, Kurt (Doc) Vonnegut, Sr. had his limits. Two big dogs owned by neighbor Fred Wales, Sr., one day killed...
The Disappearance and Death of Glenn Miller
Excerpt from a work-in-progress, a biography of Kurt Vonnegut, by Hank Nuwer Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole. A Life of Reinvention. by Hank Nuwer The weather stunk from England deep into Germany the night of December 15th. Freezing rain and snow...
The story of Peter Lieber, Kurt Vonnegut’s paternal great-grandfather
Excerpt is from "Appendix" in a work-in-progress, a biography of Kurt Vonnegut, by Hank Nuwer: Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole. A Life of Reinvention. Link: A government official questioned the necessity of keeping Peter Lieber as Consul The grandfather of Edith...
Indianapolis industrial accident in 1875 claimed the life of the nephew of Kurt Vonnegut’s paternal great-grandfather
Excerpt from a work-in-progress, a biography of Kurt Vonnegut, by Hank Nuwer Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole. A Life of Reinvention. by Hank Nuwer Josephine Andre Mueller (her remarried name) lived a life marked by many tragedies. She was the sister-in- law of...
Death of a Salesman: How Clemens Vonnegut Really Did Die
Excerpt from a work-in-progress, Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole. A Life of Reinvention. by Hank Nuwer Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. said in Palm Sunday that his relative was a “cultivated eccentric” as the family historian John Rauch, Sr., had once described the...
Exclusive: The Indianapolis Partnership of Charles Volmer & Clemens Vonnegut, Jr.
Excerpt from a work-in-progress, a biography of Kurt Vonnegut, by Hank Nuwer Kurt Vonnegut: "The Man in the Hole. A Life of Reinvention" by Hank Nuwer Indianapolis in 1852 had years of growth ahead before it could rank itself a city of significance. A struggling...
Exclusive from Hank Nuwer’s forthcoming Kurt Vonnegut bio: Ancestor Johanna Juliana (Julie) Junghans of Dresden
Kurt Vonnegut’s Ancestry: Part One (excerpted from future biography of Vonnegut by Hank Nuwer) "Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole. A Life of Reinvention. " by Hank Nuwer The Vonnegut family’s earliest forbear in America was Johanna Juliana (Julie) Junghans. She...