Nick Hilden
Writer and Journalist at Freelance
Art/science/politics/travel writer | Washington Post, Al Jazeera, Publishers Weekly, Scientific American, Esquire, Afar, Popular Science | [email protected]
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vanityfair.com | Nick Hilden
Tommy Orange and Kaveh Akbar are on the road between events when I beam into their car via Zoom. They’re both in the back seat, their attitudes upbeat despite the sporadic rain pattering on the roof. It’s the beginning of a four-day rush through the wider San Francisco region, over the course of which they’ll be reading at bookstores, schools, and other gatherings, everywhere from Menlo Park to Sacramento.
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publishersweekly.com | Nick Hilden
We’re attempting to unravel the tangled web of literary influence by talking with the great writers of today about the writers of yesterday who influenced them. This month, we spoke with 2009 National Book Award recipient Colum McCann (Twist, Let the Great World Spin) about “patriot of elsewhere” John Berger, and with 2022 PEN/Hemingway Award winner Torrey Peters (Stag Dance, Detranstition, Baby) about the humor and empathy of Halldor Laxness. Why did you want to discuss Berger?
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nautil.us | Nick Hilden
Human body mass is at least 30 percent muscle, but most of us do not realize how much all this brawny tissue does to help us thrive. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . “The biggest misunderstandings about muscle and strength are that they’re superficial and secondary aspects of our lives,” says author and journalist Michael Joseph Gross.
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msn.com | Nick Hilden
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aljazeera.com | Nick Hilden
Just before midnight on March 7, 1928, the St Francis Dam, located roughly 80km (50 miles) inland of Los Angeles, collapsed. There were no witnesses to the disaster - or none who survived - but investigators later determined that the 56-metre-tall (184ft-) barrier fell all at once, sending 12.4 billion gallons of water surging down the San Francisquito Canyon in a wave 43 metres (141ft) high.
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My latest for @NautilusMag - interview w/ @carlzimmer about his excellent book on the history of aerobiology and the "invisible zoo" all around us. https://t.co/N1RJbIKxsT