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Insomniac City

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A memoir by Bill Hayes about his relationship with neurologist Oliver Sacks and life in New York City.

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"The second one that I recommend to a lot of people is a book called Insomniac City, which is written by Bill Hayes, who was the partner of the scientist Oliver Sacks. It's just this really beautiful kind of ethereal memoir."
From: The design process is dead. Here’s what’s replacing it. | Jenny Wen (head of design at Claude) • ▶ 1:10:20 • Mar 2026

Attribution: Jenny says she recommends this book 'to a lot of people' and describes it as one she 'really loves'