Peter Simek

This is a page (not up to date) where I keep clips of some of my previous work. New updates TK. Over the years, I've contributed to D Magazine, Popular Science, Playboy, Salon, Film Threat, SB Nation Longform and other publications. The essay about the July 7, 2016 Dallas police shootings received an award for best columnist by the City and Regional Magazine Association. A native New Yorker, I am now based in Dallas, TX. You can reach me via psimek [at] gmail [dot] com.

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SBNation.com
04/08/2015
When in Roma

Two American owners are discovering the frightening passion that rules Italian soccer.

Playboy
01/01/2016
Pure Ecstasy

The wild legal days of the best drug ever and how it all ended.

Playboy
01/01/2018
Texas After the Flood

The Golden Triangle sits on one of the world's richest oil reserves. After Hurricane Harvey, it became ground zero in the war between industry and the environment.

Salon
When two guys married a tree

In June 2009, Michael Galbreth and Jack Massing, known as the conceptual art duo the Art Guys, put on tuxes and walked down the aisle together at a marriage ceremony in the sculpture garden of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.

D Magazine
06/01/2016
The Lost History of Dallas' Negro Parks

Two artists were commissioned to explore the city's segregated past. What they found proved a bit too stark for the powers that be. Cynthia Mulcahy and Lauren Woods arrived at Dallas City Hall one morning in February ready for a fight.

D Magazine
06/01/2015
No 1 With a Bullet

Just a few months ago, no one knew his name. Now, with a new album, he's a step away from superstardom.

D Magazine
Tony Romo: The Natural

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Dallas Cowboys quarterback you can learn from the greatest high school football game he ever played.