Bill Hayes's Writings
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May.18.2013
Virginia Quarterly Review
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 takes me there?
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May.04.2013
New York Times
Middle age arrives not with a birthday, with 48 candles on an angel food cake, but with a sudden unbidden insight in the middle of a sleepless night. You roll over and eye the clock and see all at once that the phrase “anything is possible” is not true. That is, it is no longer true for you, if it ever was. You are not going to become a doctor, or run a marathon...
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Apr.08.2013
The New York Times
A piece on holding your own against whatever faces you: A Year in Trees
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Nov.22.2012
The New York Times
"Be alert to the extraordinary and press pause--memorize moments of the everyday....
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Jun.05.2012
New York Times
A chance encounter on the streets of New York: I lost a hat. I got a poem, and a story.
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Apr.22.2012
The New York Times
A word from Plato (and me) on exercise: In the New York Times, "Sunday Review"
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Apr.25.2008
Today is my birthday and here’s what I know: You learn about love not by falling in love but by having your heart broken, and you learn about joy, unalloyed joy, by being profoundly grief-stricken. Yes, grief, I have discovered since my last birthday, has an unexpected upside. It sounds facetious, I am sure, and may sound more so or worse when I explain where...
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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 "...
Causes Bill Hayes Supports
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative