Bill Barol

Writer

Santa Monica, CA

I've written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, Boing Boing, Fast Company, Forbes, Time, Newsweek, and many others.

Bill Barol

Writer

Santa Monica, CA

I've written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, Boing Boing, Fast Company, Forbes, Time, Newsweek, and many others.

What You’ll Be Remembered for…
Mr. Meldrick was perhaps best known for never picking up a check.
The New York Times
The New York Times
More Reasons the “Twin Peaks” Reboot Will Never Air
The log wanted too much money. Plus it never shut up.
The New Yorker
The New Yorker
My Name is Joe Biden and I’ll Be Your Server
Folks, lemme tell you about these Yukon Gold potatoes.
The New Yorker
The New Yorker
A Statement from the Monkey
In that moment, Monkey reborn as Artist.
The New Yorker
The New Yorker
Le Blog de Jean-Paul Sartre
There must be a God. There cannot be a God. I will start a blog.
The New Yorker
The New Yorker
Why I Sleep Badly, But My Dogs Don't
"LAB-radors? Lab-ra-DORS? Plural?" Yes, I said in a small meek voice, wishing I were dead.
Fast Company
Fast Company
Can The Sense Help You Sleep Better?
If you have $129 burning a hole in your pajama pockets and a glowing sleep orb is your thing, go nuts.
Fast Company
Fast Company
The Monk And The Mad Man
"He said, ‘Look, a Buddhist monk? In an oil company? In Moscow? It’s not going to work.’"
Fast Company
Fast Company
Lathered Up
Why shaving, and why now?
Fast Company
Fast Company
Me, Al Franken and the worst meeting in show business history
And then, here's the thing: It got worse.
Boing Boing
Boing Boing
Before Mayberry, A Movie Monster
Griffith makes every second of Lonesome Rhodes' rise and fall queasily believable.
Boing Boing
Boing Boing
What My Mother Can Do With Her Mind
“I can’t find anything! It’s all been moved!” Like she wasn’t the one who moved it, with her mind.
Medium
Medium
Think Like A Writer!
I didn’t always think like a writer. I used to think like a person.
Medium
Medium
Don Draper Wears Out His Welcome
You can lie on a couch. But you can also couch a lie.
The New Yorker
The New Yorker
Selections from My “Breaking Bad” Fan Fiction
Skyler was grouchy. The car wash smelled funny, like the chemicals they use to wash cars.
The New Yorker
The New Yorker
Note to Staff Re: Decades-Old Vial of Smallpox
If you happen to come across the Ark of the Covenant, DO NOT LOOK INSIDE.
The New Yorker
The New Yorker

About

Bill Barol

Bill Barol is the author of THANKS FOR KILLING ME (Minty Goodness Press, 2011) and MR. IRRESPONSIBLE'S BAD ADVICE (Volt Press, 2005). He’s a former Senior Writer at Newsweek, where he authored cover stories on David Letterman, Bruce Springsteen, Andrew Wyeth, and The End of the Eighties, as well as dozens of inside stories on pop culture, entertainment and the arts. His journalism has appeared in The New Yorker, Time, Slate, The Boston Globe, Fast Company, Fortune Small Business, Washington Journalism Review, American Journalism Review, American Heritage and TV Guide, at Boing Boing, Huffington Post and Forbes.com, and on PBS. He's also been a writer/producer on television comedies including "Anything But Love," "Cafe Americain" and "Townies." He lives in Santa Monica, CA.