Bill Hayes (1) (1961–)
Autore di Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me
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Born in Minneapolis in 1961 and raised in Spokane, Bill Hayes studied writing at Santa Clara University & has worked for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Library Foundation, & the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. His work has been published in "The New York Times Magazine", "Details", & mostra altro Salon.com, among other publications. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1961
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA
San Francisco, California, USA
Spokane, Washington, USA
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - Istruzione
- Santa Clara University
- Attività lavorative
- author
photographer - Relazioni
- Oliver Sacks (partner)
- Breve biografia
- Bill Hayes is the author of three acclaimed works of narrative nonfiction, Sleep Demons: An Insomniac’s Memoir; Five Quarts: A Personal and Natural History of Blood; and his latest book, The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray’s Anatomy. His essays and articles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Details, and The Threepenny Review, among other publications, and he has been featured on many NPR programs. “Bill Hayes has an unusual set of skills,” a critic for the New York Times has observed, “he is part science writer, part memoirist, part culture explainer.”
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Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me di Bill Hayes
This is a lovely book that brings New York to life beautifully. It also tells us a little bit of the private life (and death) of Oliver Sacks who once told the husband of his niece when he asked Oliver what he had been doing outside lying on the grass, "I was wondering what it is like to be a rose."
Interesting but do not read it to find out about Gray of Gray’s anatomy. There is very little of him in here. There is a lot on the artist/ doctor who illustrated the anatomy. That is interesting. Then there is the containing story, in which the author audits an anatomy course, and, according to him… out dissects all the other students. All in all… an entertaining read
Okay so I'm upset only because I thought this would be a history about excerise and not a memoir about why a specific man exercises. I'm learning that there is a very big difference between "a history of" and "the history of". I tried reading this in December 2023.
A devastatingly beautiful book about the early stages of the pandemic, as seen through the eyes of a writer and photographer in New York City. It's heartfelt, moving, poetic, heartbreaking and incredibly important.
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- 7
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- 2
- Utenti
- 938
- Popolarità
- #27,380
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 28
- ISBN
- 53