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Besides his books, Bill has written a variety of poems, short stories, opinion pieces, and more.
Why I Wrote....
Why I wrote "I am Baybie"
In 1976, I met a blind New York City street singer named Reverend Baybie Hoover whose early life was marked by a succession of tragedies. She was blinded at… Read More
Why I Wrote....
Why I Wrote Panhead
Panhead is a glossary of this author’s innate fears … a fear of motorcycles, which I have always ridden; of chainsaws, which I have used since I was fifteen; of being… Read More
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Why I Wrote Photographic Memory
Photographic Memory is as close as I will ever come to an autobiography. I’ve always felt the need to write about my own dichotomous childhood, though the story is masked in considerable… Read More
Why I Wrote....
Why I Wrote Fat People
I am one. In my adult life, I’ve weighed between 240 lbs and 490 lbs. The publishing trade is bulging with remainders about how to lose weight. The diet industry… Read More
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Why "Fat People?"
Even as we are born into families, compete to be accepted in school cliques, marry, join teams and clubs, live in neighborhoods, and compete socially, in some fundamental ways we… Read More
