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.
Does beer pair with salmon?
Have you heard about the salmon scientific experiment underway in Oregon? Hakai magazine reports that field researchers may have found a way to persuade hatchery fish to swim upstream back to their hatchery home the way wild young salmon do. Now, as a cheechako to...
Air n B’s customer service by Hank Nuwer
My wife Gosia and I returned yesterday from a working vacation in Alaska. The mountains wore a majestic white cape of snow. As we drove hairpin turns on the Kenai Peninsula, the Avis rental car belched an ominous warning noise. Gulp, a dashboard icon predicted...
The bucket List
By Hank Nuwer My wife Gosia’s dream to ride at top speed in a stockcar will come true next month. That’s her birthday gift from me. 10 years ago, I seized my own stockcar opportunity on the Lucas track in Clermont, Ind. “Dear Hank. Congratulations. Drivetech Racing...
“A Life-Changing Trip” By Hank Nuwer;
Perhaps my most life-changing essay I ever wrote concerned the National Hansen’s Disease Treatment Center, the clinic in Carville, La., devoted since 1894 to the care of leprosy patients. The facility’s director, staff and patients inspired photographer Max...
William A. Bonney: He Put His Life on the Line
By Hank Nuwer Uncle Sam’s Signal Corps made great strides between 1900 and 1908 in establishing communications throughout Alaska. The main purpose of the lines was to keep various military command posts in touch with each other. But private citizens made ample use of...
Caleb Wilson should be alive
I stand in support of Caleb Wilson's family. If you haze, you craze. Stophazing now. April 19, 2025. The family of Caleb Wilson begins a billboard campaign in New Orleans as two members of Omega Psi Phi are booted from Southern. Southern University student dies in a...
Alaska’s Dan Sutherland: Spoiling for a fight By Hank Nuwer
As I examined old newspaper accounts mentioning pioneer Alaskan Congressional delegate Daniel Alexander (Dan) Sutherland, I noticed one consistent trend. If any bigwigs from the Lower 48 were in sight, Sutherland wanted to fight them. Alaskan voters kept this...
Cordova Times First-Place Column
Thank you to the Cordova Times for announcing the 2024 Suzan Nightingale Column award from Alaska Press Club. Cordova Times contributor wins first for best column at Alaska Press Club awards The Cordova Times Cordova Times columnist Hank Nuwer won first place for the...
2024 Alaska Press Club winners
The Alaska Press club winners have been announced. I'm blessed to have my Cordova Times column selected Best Column for second straight year. Links: https://alaskapressclub.com/contest/