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Iowa City, Los Angeles
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Wyatt Williams’s Journalist Portfolio

I was supposed to love being a restaurant critic. What happened?

I was supposed to love being a restaurant critic. What happened?

Six weeks ago, I woke up at five in the morning with a stabbing pain in my side.

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After Oranges

After Oranges

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National Burden

National Burden

The bald eagle, a bird that lives only in North America, is sometimes mistaken for an idea.

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Articles

Send in the Clouds

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By Will Stephenson Verified, Wyatt Williams
| Harper's Magazine Verified
Photograph by Andrew Thomas Lee Last July, 139 people were killed as a result of flooding along several rivers in central Texas. The disaster was caused, we were told, by what the experts refer to as an MCV, or mesoscale convective vortex. To many observers, however, this explanation was far from sufficient.
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June 2026

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By Katie Thornton, Wyatt Williams, César Aira
| Harper's Magazine Verified
Harper’s Magazine welcomes reader response. Email us about articles in the magazine. “Center Stage,” a photograph by David Gilbert, whose book Lilies was published in February by Zolo Press © The artist. Courtesy Zolo Press “Ransäter, 1991,” a photograph by Lars Tunbjörk, whose book Landet utom sig (Country Beside Itself) was published in January by Bokförlaget Arena © The artist.
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Ask A Met: Can Weather Make Pollen Worse?

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By Wyatt Williams
| AOL UK Verified
This week's question comes from Morning Brief reader Alex, who asks, "Can weather make pollen worse?" Meteorologist Sara Tonks: The right weather can absolutely make pollen conditions worse. It's dependent on what the plants are doing and when the plants start producing pollen. When you have a mild winter, that lets the plants get in a temperature range where they can start producing pollen much earlier and so you get pollen earlier in the year.
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Awards

James Beard Award

2018 - MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award

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