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Nothing nicer than an old-fashioned Letter to the Editor

Nothing nicer than an old-fashioned Letter to the Editor
Apr.22.2013
Nothing nicer than an old-fashioned Letter to the Editor

Thank you, David Tulanian, for taking the time to write to the NYT: 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/09/opinion/beauty-in-plain-sight.html

 

 

 

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May.24.2013 - 4:20 am
SWEAT 101s: #28 - Note to self on Endorphins
Marilyn dumbbell press
For years, I've been carrying around in my head thoughts, observations, and personal tips on exercise. I've started to keep a list: "Sweat 101s," I call them. Today's, #28 (see...
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May.07.2013 - 5:02 am
A Taste of "Sweat"
One can exercise in a thousand different ways without ever breaking a sweat. One can exercise caution, judgment, prudence, restraint, good taste, good manners, good behavior, the...
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May.01.2013 - 3:04 am
A Fisherman on the Subway
"Insomniac City" - by Joseph Griffith, 2010
I met a fisherman on the 1 train last night.  I have met fishermen before—I’m from the Pacific Northwest, and have fished myself—but this was a first in New York.  It...
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Apr.20.2013 - 5:38 am
Why Iceland
Clouds shaped like Spaceships - Husavik, Iceland
I've just returned from my third trip to Iceland in a year.  When this comes up in conversation, I am inevitably and understandably asked why--what brings me there?  It'...
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Comments from Bill

Mar.31.2013 - 10:12 am
In response to: Staph and Queers and Sensationalism, Oh My
 
 

Writing

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Essay: Why Iceland - In the VQR
Essay: Out with the Old Anxiety - NY Times
Essay: A Year in Trees - NY Times

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The Anatomist paperback
Sep.13.2009
The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy
Published by New York Times Book Review
Henry Gray, the man behind Gray’s Anatomy (he had the help of a fellow doctor who created the drawings), became Hayes’s obsession. He finds out as much as he can about Gray’s life...
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Image Gallery: Why Iceland? Here's Why
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"One can learn to be alert to the extraordinary and press pause — to memorize moments of the everyday." ”
—"On Being Not Dead" - NY Times essay

About Bill

The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in nonfiction (2013-14), Bill Hayes is a frequent contributor to The New York Times and the author of three books: "Sleep Demons: An Insomniac’s Memoir"; "Five Quarts: A Personal and Natural History of Blood"; and "...
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International AIDS Vaccine Initiative