
Sometimes You Have to Hate Exercise Before You Can Love It Again
Another January is upon us, and with your holiday feasting over, you might be hearing the voice of an invisible trainer in your head, telling

Another January is upon us, and with your holiday feasting over, you might be hearing the voice of an invisible trainer in your head, telling

An essay commissioned by the Queensland Performing Arts Center magazine, Australia (2019): 01 New York at 8am: I throw open the windows. Cars and cabs

Photo: Bill Hayes – Originally published in LitHub, April 23, 2019 As much as Oliver Sacks loved writing (and I do mean the very act

His love of language was a gift in itself. By Bill Hayes Published in The New York Times – August 29, 2018 The beloved neurologist

The Landmarks That Made New York a Cultural Capital – NYT “T” Magazine Where art, hip-hop, AIDS activism, break dancing — and the enduring notion

I took many pictures of Oliver Sacks during our life together — and not just because I adored him. He was an irresistible subject for

When Oliver Sacks died on Aug. 30 of last year, at 82, the world lost a beloved author and neurologist. I lost my partner. Oliver

(Originally published in the NY Times) I SAW a girl on a Manhattan-bound subway train one day wearing a knockoff Louis Vuitton head scarf and

(Originally published in the NY Times) I SLIPPED away from work on a recent Monday to take my two nieces to the Garry Winogrand photography

(Originally published in the NY Times) I started writing this essay five years ago, and then I stopped. That I was not able to finish
A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in nonfiction, BILL HAYES is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, and the author of seven books.
“One of those rare authors who can tackle just about any subject in book form, and make you glad he did.” — San Francisco Chronicle