IT'S RAINING IN MEXICO CITY!!!

Stay tuned for my forthcoming piece on why that's such a big deal.

“The reader is someone I don’t want to cheat.” —Hernan Diaz, interviewed by Nick Hilden

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I wrote for The Washington Post about the historical context you need before watching the miniseries adaptation of the Sympathizer. Spoiler alert: the Vietnam War was complicated.

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A year ago I went to Cairo to report on the imprisonment of artists for Index on Censorship in one of the most paranoia-heavy experiences in my life. Artists and journalists face severe repression in Egypt.

The article just opened to the public.
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Nothing is more important right now than deescalation.

A solid read on the tourism explosion in Oaxaca. Excellent that she includes the history of the teacher strike for context. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

My latest for Al Jazeera English: One Mexican beach town's fight against unsustainable tourism.

It's near/dear to me having lived in Puerto Escondido for much of the last decade and having seen many changes bad/good - and having perhaps contributed to both.

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For my Writers Talking Writers series Publishers Weekly I spoke with sarah rose etter about Tove Ditlevson and Emily St. J. Mandel about Irene Nemirovsky - two interviews couldn't be more perfect side by side!

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had a blast talking about my queen TOVE DITLEVSEN with Nick Hilden for Publishers Weekly — and to be paired with emily st. john mandel? STOPPP IT! publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/in…

Check out my The Believer interview w/ the great Hernan Diaz!

'I had been writing for a really long time in the cold, dark shadow of universal rejection. Nobody would touch my stuff.'

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Out today!

My latest for The Millions - interview w/ Alvaro Enrigue: 'Suspension of disbelief is a 19th-century superstition...'

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'I think that natural psychotropics were a way to relate to what is sacred in a world that had been orphaned of gods for decades.'

Nick Hilden talks with Álvaro Enrique about Aztec culture, Tenochtitlan, and his novel 'You Dreamed of Empires.' buff.ly/49aT5KM

For BBC I explored a few of the many ways fungi are being used to clean the environment and combat climate change.

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My latest for The Millions - on the new translation of Pedro Paramo.

'It’s a book that hums a kind of chuckling death rattle; a celestial and elemental work with abundant allusions to the moon, stars, running water, rain, wind, sky, and clouds.'

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'Weatherford’s translation captures the primeval struggle at the book's core—the oldest struggle of hope against death.'

Nick Hilden considers a new translation of Juan Rulfo's landmark 1955 novel 'Pedro Páramo.' buff.ly/4cfrFXd

The fact that Scorsese has only 1 Oscar proves that the award itself is meaningless. Far more meaningful: using its platform to call out crimes against humanity.

“She writes about what are considered traditionally very female subjects... & a lot of prolific female writers who center on female experience tend to not be canonized.” Olga Ravn on the power & inspiration of #DorisLessing , w/ Nick Hilden The Millions. themillions.com/2024/03/tk-she…

Coming soon!

This just in: Poor Things is amazing and I'll be watching it on repeat for a while.