Eric Wills

Eric Wills has written about history, sports, and design for Smithsonian, The Washington Post, GQ, the Scholar, and other publications. He was formerly a senior editor at Architect magazine.

Good Vibrations

One eccentric’s desert landmark allows visitors to bathe in sound

By Eric Wills | Monday April 15, 2024

Air Show

What the rise of an NBA superstar tells us about ourselves

By Eric Wills | Monday December 4, 2023

Performance Anxiety

At the Marina Abramović retrospective in London

By Eric Wills | Monday October 30, 2023

Alcaraz’s World

The future of men’s tennis is now

By Eric Wills | Monday July 24, 2023

Get Me Rewrite!

The relationship between a renowned author and a consummate editor can sometimes make for high drama

By Eric Wills | Thursday June 1, 2023

Milking the G.O.A.T.

Why are we so obsessed with anointing the very best?

By Eric Wills | Wednesday March 1, 2023

One Man’s Trash

In the windswept California desert, Noah Purifoy sculpted a visionary monument from the detritus of everyday life

By Eric Wills | Monday October 24, 2022

A Midcentury Bender

Revisiting Mad Men, 15 years later

By Eric Wills | Monday October 3, 2022

The Changing of the Guard

This year’s US Open showed the world that tennis’s next generation is here

By Eric Wills | Thursday September 15, 2022

If You Build It, Will They Still Come?

Scaling the border wall

By Eric Wills | Monday January 10, 2022

Good Vibrations

By Eric Wills | Monday April 15, 2024

Air Show

By Eric Wills | Monday December 4, 2023

Performance Anxiety

By Eric Wills | Monday October 30, 2023

Alcaraz’s World

By Eric Wills | Monday July 24, 2023

Get Me Rewrite!

By Eric Wills | Thursday June 1, 2023

Milking the G.O.A.T.

By Eric Wills | Wednesday March 1, 2023

One Man’s Trash

By Eric Wills | Monday October 24, 2022

A Midcentury Bender

By Eric Wills | Monday October 3, 2022

The Changing of the Guard

By Eric Wills | Thursday September 15, 2022

If You Build It, Will They Still Come?

By Eric Wills | Monday January 10, 2022

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