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James Tate Hill

James Tate Hill
James Tate Hill is the author of a memoir, Blind Man’s Bluff (W. W. Norton, 2021). His fiction debut, Academy Gothic, won the Nilsen Literary Prize for a First Novel. He serves as fiction editor for Monkeybicycle and a contributing editor for Lit Hub, where he writes a monthly audiobooks column.


Changing the Conversation: Five Audiobooks By Authors With Disabilities

James Tate Hill Recommends Emily Maloney, Elsa Sjunneson, and More
July 11, 2022  By James Tate Hill
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5 Audiobooks That Will Help You Get Your Hollywood Award Season Fix

James Tate Hill Recommends Hayley Mills, Sharon Stone, and More!
February 28, 2022  By James Tate Hill
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5 Audiobooks to Catch Up on the 2021 Pulitzer Winners and Finalists

James Tate Hill Recommends Louise Erdrich, Marcia Chatelain, and More
October 22, 2021  By James Tate Hill
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The Painful Cost of the Writing Life

James Tate Hill on the Hard Realities of Balancing the Personal and the Creative
August 9, 2021  By James Tate Hill
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My Life Story, Someone Else’s Voice: Why I Won’t Be Narrating My Memoir’s Audiobook

James Tate Hill on the Way We Listen to Contemporary Memoir
August 3, 2021  By James Tate Hill
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5 Great Debut Memoirs to Listen to While You’re Traveling

James Tate Hill Recommends Lauren Hough, Gina Frangello, and More
May 24, 2021  By James Tate Hill
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5 Audiobooks for Celebrating the Stories of Trailblazing Women

James Tate Hill Recommends Elizabeth Blackwell,
Cicely Tyson, and More
April 5, 2021  By James Tate Hill
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5 Audiobook Essay Collections Ideally Suited to Your Quarantine Walks

James Tate Hill Recommends Melissa Faliveno, Alice Wong, and More
January 28, 2021  By James Tate Hill
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Great Holiday Audiobooks for Young Readers

From Neil Gaiman to Geogre M. Johnson and More
December 18, 2020  By James Tate Hill
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Danger and Depth in Literary Thrillers: This Month’s Audiobook Recommendations

James Tate Hill: "Who needs more danger in 2020?"
November 23, 2020  By James Tate Hill
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Five Audiobooks That Might Be Good For a Laugh This Week

James Tate Hill with the Recommendations We Need
November 11, 2020  By James Tate Hill
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In Honor of the #BlackoutBestsellerList, 5 Audiobooks by Black Women

From Brit Bennett to Samantha Irby to Natasha Trethewey
August 6, 2020  By James Tate Hill
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5 Audiobooks For the Bereft Sports Fan

From the NCAA to Andre the Giant to Diana Nyad
June 29, 2020  By James Tate Hill
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5 Audiobook Story Collections Offering Quick Literary Escape

From Rural Australia to Urban Fairytales, Short Stories Can Be a Break From the News
June 2, 2020  By James Tate Hill
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5 Debut Novels to Listen To
in Quarantine

From Quiet Vulnerability to Wilderness Survival
April 28, 2020  By James Tate Hill
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5 True Crime Audiobooks to Get You Through to Spring

From Oil Country Murder to Truth-Telling Memoir
February 28, 2020  By James Tate Hill
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5 Great Audiobooks About Iconic Musicians

Prince, Janis, Karen, and More...
January 24, 2020  By James Tate Hill
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Audiobooks Are Very Easy to Gift-Wrap: Your Last-Minute Holiday Recs

James Tate Hill Suggests Some Quick and Easy Stocking Stuffers
December 18, 2019  By James Tate Hill
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5 Small Press Audiobooks To Give As Gifts This Year

From Two Dollar Radio to the University of Texas Press
November 25, 2019  By James Tate Hill
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5 Halloween Audiobooks to Listen to While You Hide From Children

Feel the Fear, from The Omen to Jenny Slate
October 31, 2019  By James Tate Hill
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