Bill Donahue is a writer for Outside, Harper’s, Wired, The New York Times Magazine, and more…
Writer Paul Bowles spent most of his adult life in Tangier, Morocco. But when you search for his ghost there, what you find is the soul of the city.
The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell.
Republished in Best American Travel Writing 2004.
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Did George W. Bush’s henchmen light a forest fire in Oregon in order to sell Bush’s “Healthy Forest Initiative”? An investigation.
Salon
Edited by Ed Lempinen.
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In Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in Morocco, thousands of sub-Saharan African migrants wander the streets, hoping to make it across the Strait of Gibraltar, into mainland Europe.
Mother Jones
Edited by Tim Dickinson.
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Fourteen Kansas teenagers make their senior class trip to Washington, D.C.
The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell.
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The Hatfield-McCoy Recreation Area, in the stripmined hills of West Virginia, is the world’s premier all-terrain-vehicle playground—and oh, what a joy it is to ride there after midnight and toss your empties into the woods!
Outside
Edited by Jay Stowe. Photos by Charles Gullung.
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Skier Bill Johnson won the gold medal in the downhill in the 1984 Olympics. Then in 1999, when he was 39 years old and ravaged by years of hard drinking, he tried to make a comeback. He crashed, incurring permanent brain damage.
Outside
Edited by Laura Hohnhold. Photo by Michael Lewis.
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When my daughter was almost six, I thought it would be a good idea to take her kayaking down Oregon’s Tualatin River.
National Geographic Adventure
Edited by Mark Jannot. Photo by Brown W. Cannon III.
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As a travel destination for kayakers, the Los Angeles River—that 50-mile concrete channel that cuts through the heart of the city—is underrated.
Mother Jones
Edited by Monika Bauerlein. Photos by James Rexroad.
Nominated for a National Magazine Award.
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I didn’t really know my hardscrabble Portland neighborhood until I floated the local creek in a $49.95 inflatable raft.
DoubleTake
Edited by Toby Lester.
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