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Red Room - Building Community For Writers

Apr.17.2008
Red Room - Building Community For Writers

Redroom.com: Creating a Social Network for Writers

Ishmael Reed, Novelist; Satirist; Poet; Editor; Publisher; Playwright; Cultural Activist
Ivory Madison, CEO, Redroom.com
Belle Yang, Author, The Odyssey of a Manchurian and Baba: A Return to China Upon My Father's Shoulders
Bill Hayes, Author, The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy, Sleep Demons: An Insomniac's Memoir and Five Quarts: A Personal and Natural History of Blood
Peter Coyote, Actor; Author, New Buffalo: Journals from a Taos Commune

Maya Angelou, a member of the writer's portal Redroom.com...

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Bill's Latest Blogs

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Jun.06.2011 - 8:27 am
Essay in The New York Review of Books
My essay on the 30th anniversary of AIDS is now appearing in The New York Review of Books.  See link below in Articles section.
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Nov.11.2010 - 12:45 pm
"Insomniac City" in NYT
The New York Times included my essay "Insomniac City" in its recent special section, Op-Ed at 40, a selection of memorable pieces from the Times' Opinion page.  Link...
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May.11.2010 - 7:42 pm
A second new piece in the NYT
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"Insomniac City," an essay about my moving to and falling in love with New York City, is appearing in the New York Times.  Check it out and let me know what you think. ...
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Apr.27.2010 - 6:28 pm
New essay in NYT today
A new essay, on sleep, insomnia, and loss.   See link below:  "Sleep: Loss."  Let me know what you think.  - bh
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Comments from Bill

Jan.22.2008 - 11:47 am
In response to: Staph and Queers and Sensationalism, Oh My
Right on!  Thank you for
Right on!  Thank you for your your eloquent and passionate response to the Chronicle story.   

Writing

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Article: AIDS at 30: A Time Capsule
Article: NYT essay: "Insomniac City"
Article: NYT essay: "Sleep: Loss"

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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: 25 Reasons Why I Love Living in NYC
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Image Gallery: Buffed
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Image Gallery: Pictures from a Camera
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About Bill

Born in Minneapolis and raised in Spokane, Bill Hayes studied writing at Santa Clara University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in English in 1983. For the past decade, he has supported himself as a freelance writer. He lives in New York. Hayes began...
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