Bill Donahue is a writer for Outside, Harper’s, Wired, The New York Times Magazine, and more…
In the spring of 2015, oystermen in Washington state were poised to start a nerotoxin on the beleaguered oyster beds of Willapa Bay. But then this story broke. Public pressure ensued, and the oystermen caved—and scratched all plans to spray.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Edited by Emily Biuso.
Photographs by Cameron Karsten.
On the cusp of the 2014 World Cup, a look the Mexican national soccer team, in all its sorrow and anguish.
2014 ESPN FC World Cup Guide
Edited by Rebecca Nordquist.
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A journey through a Russian client state on the Black Sea.
Harper’s Magazine
Edited by Christopher Cox.
Photographs by mirzOyan.
Inside the arcane world of competitive stair racing.
The New York Times Magazine
Edited by Dean Robinson.
Photograph by Stephen Ferry.
Simulating a mission to Mars, six astronauts lock themselves in a fake spaceship for 520 days.
Wired
Edited by Mark McClusky.
Gold Medal winner, Adventure Travel, 2012 Lowell Thomas Awards.
Diane Van Deren overcame epilepsy and then became a top ultramarathoner. Did her brain surgery help improve her pain tolerance, or is she just tough?
Runner’s World
Republished in Best American Sports Writing 2012.
Edited by Charlie Butler.
Photograph by Evan Hurd.
At the age of four, slum kid Budhia Singh ran 40 miles without stopping in the blistering heat of his native India. Then, afterwards, his childhood only grew stranger.
Runner’s World
Edited by Peter Flax. Photo by J. Carrier.
Republished in Going Long: The Best Stories from Runner’s World.
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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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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.
Republished in Best American Sports Writing 2003/
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