Essays & Journalism by Will Bahr
Featured Work
The Atlantic/ Jan 23, 2025
David Lynch, My Neighbor
Growing up down the road from Hollywood's favorite madman.
Gerard Julien, Getty Images
Past Work
GQ / July 2, 2024
Two Indigenous activists wage a battle against the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women with the best weapon in their arsenal—their feet.
Michael Houtz; Getty Images
Photo by Dave Arabia
GQ / Feb 5, 2021
Decades after Elizabeth Gilbert's profile of the man launched him to a reluctant fame, I interviewed Eustace about the plans for his legacy—which, I came to find out, involved me.
GQ / October 26, 2023
Grappling with both a profound childhood trauma and my relationship with doubt.
Illustration by Rob Vargas
GQ / September 1, 2021
A paean to endings.
Collage courtesy of Simon Abranowicz, Getty Images
Los Angeles Magazine / July 15, 2021
Photo courtesy of Immersive Van Gogh Los Angeles
Blue Ridge Outdoors / May 10, 2023
Los Angeles Magazine / June 25, 2021
Soon after vaccines rolled out, COVID-19 threatened one of the nation’s largest cities in a very particular way.
ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images
Los Angeles Magazine / June 25, 2012
Photo via Unsplash
Photo by Karolina Kolodziejczak/Unsplash
Los Angeles Magazine / June 25, 2021
Photo by Thomas Mabry
Blue Ridge Outdoors / June 28, 2019
Mountain XPress / October 6, 2022
Graphic courtesy of Buncombe County
Mountain XPress / October 1, 2022
Graphic courtesy of Buncombe County