Bill Donahue is a writer for Outside, Harper’s, Wired, The New York Times Magazine, and more…
In a world where our time and attention are fractured into smaller and smaller bits, legendary biologist and runner Bernd Heinrich is a throwback, a man who has carved a deep grove in his patch of Maine woods.
Outside
Edited by Elizabeth Hightower. Photo by Jesse Burke.
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A backcountry ski journey through the minus 30 degree chill of the Arctic, in the company of nine U.S. military men training to face down Vladimir Putin’s Russian warriors.
Ski
Edited by Sam Berman. Photo by Heath Sandall.
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Once an industrial eyesore, Birmingham, England, is now kind of hot for travel. With a world-class food scene, a dazzling new public library, and a cool attitude, “Brum” is suddenly hot.
Boston Globe Magazine
Edited by Greg Klee.
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A Mother’s Day essay remembering my mom, Barbara Donahue (1929–2017), and my favorite punk band, The Plasmatics (1977–1983).
The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell. Illustration by Maggie Chiang.
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Kenyan marathon ace Wilson Kipsang runs for public office, amid accusations that he’s stealing votes.
ESPN
Edited by Rebecca Nordquist. Photographs by Georgina Goodwin.
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The joys and agonies of maintaining the picket fence at my family’s ancient home in New Hampshire.
Yankee
Edited by Ian Aldrich. Illustration by Cindy Rizza.
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Once a basketball phenom and a hiphop deejay, Suhaib Webb is now a Muslim cleric with a vast following among millennials and also a bone to pick with Donald J. Trump.
The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell. Photographs by Pete Marovich.
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At age 77, long distance hiker George “Billy Goat” Woodard has no fixed address and is forever walking in the wilderness or making his way to the wilderness—on trains, in friends’ cars, and sometimes by hitchhiking.
Backpacker
Edited by Dennis Lewon. Photographs by Bob Stefko.
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When cyclist Danny Chew was 21, he resolved to ride his bike a million lifetime miles. Then, at age 54 and 783,000 miles into his quest, he crashed and became paralyzed.
Outside
Edited by Elizabeth Hightower. Photograph by Michael Swensen.
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