Jack Hitt
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Jack Hitt is an American author. He is a contributing editor to Harper's, GQ, and This American Life. He previously served as a contributing editor to the now-defunct magazine Lingua Franca. He also frequently appears in places like the New York Times Magazine and Outside Magazine. In 1990, he received the Livingston Award for national coverage. He currently lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
Hitt was born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina. He got his start in journalism as editor of the Paperclip, the literary magazine of Porter-Gaud School's first through fifth grades. According to his biography, he published "some of the finest haiku penned by well-off pre-teens in all of South Carolina's lowcountry".
In late 2004 and early 2005, Hitt became more interested in liberal politics, doing several radio shows on the subject for This American Life, writing posts for Tom Tomorrow's popular liberal weblog, op-eds for the LA Times, and guest hosting Air America Radio's The Majority Report. [link][link]
Books
- Off the Road: A Modern-Day Walk Down the Pilgrim’s Route into Spain (1994)
- In a Word: A Dictionary of Words That Don't Exist, But Ought To (1992) ISBN 0440503582
- The Harper’s Forum Book (editor, 1991)
- Perfect Murder: Five Great Mystery Writers Create the Perfect Crime (editor, 1991)
Radio
Jack Hitt's work can be heard on the following episodes of This American Life:
- 1996: 15,38
- 1997: 56, 61, 65, 68, 85
- 1998: 100, 110, 115
- 1999: 120, 123, 145
- 2000: 171
- 2001: none
- 2002: 216, 218
- 2003: 229, 250, 252, 253
- 2004: 262, 276, 278
- 2005: 280, 283
- 2006: 310
External links
- [This American Life staff]
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