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.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.
A no-good skunk lit out for Nebraska. That skunk wasn’t hard to locate
By Hank Nuwer Fasten your seatbelt, reader. This is the story of George Washington Clear, born in 1849, the youngest son of Phillip and Mrs. Clear. On June 7, 1871, Clear married a young woman from Union City, IN, named Anna Moist. ...
A travel review of Denali National Park
Last Frontier Tales Making Memories on the Magic Mountain By Hank Nuwer First published in Cordova Times A visit of our Natalia to Alaska inspired my wife Gosia and me to get off our duffs and into the gorgeous country. The three of us agreed to...
Hank and Gosia in Poland: PRZYJACIOTKA Magazine
See Valdez, and Enjoy!
Last Frontier Tales Sea Lions and Whales and Otters and Puffins: Oh Boy! Travel Review: Stan Stephens Cruises By Hank Nuwer My wife Gosia, daughter Natalia, and myself could not have been more excited when we reached a road sign noting the empty lots where Old...
Paul Solka: Alaska Painter and Chronicler of Pioneer Life
Last Frontier Tales A Lost Treasure Found: Cordova Times Book Review Paul Solka: Alaska Painter and Chronicler of Pioneer Life By Hank Nuwer, Cordova Times Solka: In His Words and Art Ray Bonnell and Chuck Gray, Editors Fairbanks: Pingo Press, 2025; $25...
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...