Article | August 16, 1993

Trucking Through the AIDS Belt

“Trucking Through the AIDS Belt,” New Yorker, August 16, 1993, reprinted in Best American Essays 1994, ed. Kidder and Atwan (Houghton-Mifflin, 1995), and Literary Journalism, ed. Sims and Singer (Ballantine, 1995).

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Article | July 1, 1992

Urethane Love

“Urethane Love” (Camp Rollerblade), Outside, July, 1992.

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Article | December 1, 1991

Mysore Butt

“Mysore Butt” (mountain biking in India), Gentleman’s Quarterly, December, 1991.

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Book Review | September 1, 1991

The Invisible Women of Washington

The Invisible Women of Washington, by Diana G. Collier, Bloomsbury Review, September, 1991.

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Article | October 22, 1989

They Fly Horses, Don’t They?

“They Fly Horses, Don’t They?” Sunday Herald Colour Magazine (Melbourne, Australia), October, 1989; reprinted in Diversions, March 1997, and Grand Tour: The Journal of Travel Writing, Spring, 1996.

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Article | August 21, 1989

The Biggest Chill of All

“The Biggest Chill of All” (about a reunion of early marijuana smugglers). Smart, July-August 1989. Read Article Here.

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Article | June 21, 1989

Nuclear Protest, By the Book

“Nuclear Protest, By the Book: Novelist Marilynne Robinson confronts a plutonium giant.” Outside, June 1989. Read Article Here.  

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Article | February 1, 1989

Welcome to the Pit

“Welcome to the Pit” (portrait of the desert mining town of Trona), California Magazine, February, 1989.

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Book Review | September 21, 1986

A Cry from the Void

A Cry from the Void (review of Waiting for Nothing and Other Writings, by Tom Kromer)

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Book Review | February 21, 1986

In the Footsteps of Thomas Malthus

In the Footsteps of Thomas Malthus (review of Richard Lamm’s, The Immigration Time Bomb). Bloomsbury Review, February 1986.

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Article | November 1, 1981

Busted in Boomtown

“Busted in Boomtown” (hoboes), Denver Magazine, November, 1981.

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Article | November 1, 1981

Busing Without Tears

“Busing Without Tears” (court-ordered desegregation of my high school), Denver Magazine, December, 1981.

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Article | May 1, 1981

Finishing

“Finishing” (the final hour of my coast-to-coast bike tour), Bicycling, May, 1981.

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Article | January 1, 1981

A Morning With Pops

“A Morning With Pops” (a tramp in California), Amherst, Winter, 1981.

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