Robert P. Baird
Hi. I'm a writer and editor. My debut novel,
The Nimbus,
will be published by Holt in 2025. In past lives I've worked at
The New Yorker,
The Paris Review
,
Harper's
,
Esquire,
and
Chicago Review
. I have a Ph.D. and
an intermittently active Bluesky account
. Send tips, jokes, and story ideas to
robertpbaird@gmail.com
features
essays
reviews
reporting
fiction
poems
translations
etc.
Month /
March 2020
Where Are All the Tests? (What Next: TBD podcast)
Slate (03.27.20)
Why Widespread Coronavirus Testing Isn’t Coming Anytime Soon
The New Yorker (03.25.20)
America’s Lag In Expansion Of Coronavirus Testing
NPR - All Things Considered (03.20.21)
What Went Wrong with Coronavirus Testing in the U.S.
The New Yorker (03.16.20)
What it Means to Contain and Mitigate the Coronavirus
The New Yorker (03.11.20)