December 1991 – Pages from a North Country Notebook
Three North Country Notebook columns together in one place. All three of these columns appear in the ‘Through the Ice’ chapter of North Country Notebook, vol. I.
Summer 1985 – Jazzy Lady – An Interview with Dimetra Shivers
Dimetra Shivers was a long time friend of Helen and George Vukelich.
Summer 1984 – Walking Up the Mountain
Prime Times was a magazine aimed at an older audience. This is a reflective essay about getting older and has some interesting paragraphs about his father, who he called The Old Man. George used to say that he tried to put into words what he thinks his father would have…
Listening In 10-15-93: Mickey Kienitz – The Last Picture Show
George also interviewed Mickey Kienitz in 1984, which you can read here.
Listening In 10-5-84: Mickey Kienitz – Photog Tells All!!
George also interviewed Mickey Kienitz in 1993, which you can read here.
Wisconsin Tales and Trails Summer 1971: Mel Ellis of Little Lakes
George and his son Vince visited Mel Ellis at Little Lakes in 1971. He talked about this interview in his column in the Wisconsin Outdoor Journal from August, 1988 which you can read here.
Isthmus 9-10-93: Writing Under the Inspiration (The Hungry Poet #7)
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Isthmus 11-27-92: The Meter’s Running (The Hungry Poet #6)
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Isthmus 12-27-91: Ghosts of Christmas Past (The Hungry Poet #5)
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Isthmus 10-18-91: Hungry Poet Strikes Again (The Hungry Poet #4)
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Isthmus 8-30-91: Soup to Nuts (The Hungry Poet #2)
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Isthmus 8-16-91: Poetry for an Empty Stomach (The Hungry Poet #1)
This is the first time the Hungry Poet appears in North Country Notebook. Ed Teela had closed the legendary baitshop and opened Steady Eddy’s Cafe on Williamson Street in Madison. The premise is a poet coming into the Cafe and offering to exchange poems for jambalaya and gazpacho. The food…
Wisconsin Outdoor Journal August, 1988: Greetings
George’s first column with the Wisconsin Outdoor Journal. He wrote regular North Country Notebook columns for WOJ and Isthmus until his death in 1995. This column is a pretty good introduction to his writing, and his influences on his writing. The attached photo shows the stringer of trout George and…
Wisconsin Outdoor Journal April, 1988: Only the Crane Remains
Includes the poem The Leopold Pines.
12-19-59: George Vukelich – “Hambone Billy Patrick” in TV and Radio Times
This article about George, the radio announcer, mentions his family and the German Shepard pup named Kristie. The article doesn’t mention the background of Kristie, but George wrote about Kristie in a 1995 North Country Notebook column.
1962 – Monitor Radio Interview: Bob King interviewing George Vukelich
This interview was done for the radio show Monitor hosted on NBC by Jim Lowe. Bob King, who was the long-time newscaster at WIBA-AM radio in Madison actually interviewed George. The date of this interview is probably in 1962, soon after the publication of Fisherman’s Beach, George’s only novel. To…
Listening In 11-4-83: Sara Rath – Always The Rebel
To read some of Sara Rath’s poems, see George’s 11-4-83 North Country Notebook column.