Jack Hitt

Jack Hitt’s most recent book is Bunch of Amateurs (Crown, 2012). A contributor to the New Yorker, Harper’s, and This American Life, Hitt is the recipient of the Pope, Peabody, and Livingston awards. His book Off the Road: A Modern-Day Walk Down the Pilgrim’s Route into Spain (Simon & Schuster, 1994) was made into a motion picture, The Way (2010).

Prize anthology mentions

Best American Essays 2018*

Best American Essays 2019*

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