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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...
Nothing nicer than an old-fashioned Letter to the Editor
Apr.11.2013
A Guggenheim Fellowship in Nonfiction (!)
Very honored and grateful to be named a 2013 Guggenheim Fellow:...
Apr.09.2013
Letter to the Editor, NYT, re: my "Trees" piece
Nothing nicer than an old-fashioned Letter to the Editor. http://www....
Letter to the Editor, NYT, re: my "Trees" piece
Mar.13.2013
New piece in NYT, 4/7. New blog posts (below). @BillHayesNYC on Twitter
Essay titled "A Year in Trees"; look for it in the Sunday Review, NYT,...
New piece in NYT, 4/7. New blog posts (below). @BillHayesNYC on Twitter
Jan.27.2013
26 Reasons Why I Love NYC
http://redroom.com/member/bill-hayes/media/image-galleries/26-reasons-...
26 Reasons Why I Love NYC
Jan.27.2013
26 Reasons Why I Love NYC
http://redroom.com/member/bill-hayes/media/image-galleries/26-reasons-...
26 Reasons Why I Love NYC
Jan.23.2013
2-Book Deal with Bloomsbury!
Very nice news to share:  Bloomsbury UK/USA will publish...
Jan.15.2013
Follow me on Twitter--let's get lost: @BillHayesNYC
Dec.30.2012
I lost a hat. I got a poem, and a story.
An unforgettable moment from 2012: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/...
I lost a hat. I got a poem, and a story.
Dec.23.2012
Now in the NYT: My "Out with the Old Anxiety" & "On Being Not Dead"
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/22/opinion/on-being-not-dead.html?_r=0...
Essays on being & on being calm
Dec.21.2012
My "Ending Anxiety" Op-Ed coming in this Sunday's NY Times, 12/23
"MIDDLE age arrives not with a birthday, but with a sudden unbidden...
Bill Hayes on "Ending Anxiety in the New Year"
Nov.22.2012
My Op-Ed in today's New York Times: "On Being Not Dead"
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/22/opinion/on-being-not-dead.html?smid=pl...

PRESS & INTERVIEWS

19.Jan.2008
Excerpt from Sleep Demons
21.Dec.2007
Excerpt from The Anatomist
21.Dec.2007
Interview With Bill Hayes

Published Reviews

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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Past Events

Reading at The Main Library, San Francisco
26 Jun 2008 - 6:30 pm
San Francisco
Reading at Capitola Book Cafe, Capitola, CA
24 Jun 2008 - 7:30 pm
Capitola, CA
Red Room - Building Community For Writers
Start: 21 Apr 2008 - 5:30 pm
End: 21 Apr 2008 - 8:00 pm
San Francisco, California
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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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Causes Bill Hayes Supports

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative