James Tate Hill Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

James Tate Hill

Most know June 27 is the day Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" takes place, but not many remember her original title was "Everybody Must Get Stoned." #TheMoreYouKnow

James Tate Hill

@ErikaSwyler Fave memoir with a botfly scene/removal has to be The Recovering by Leslie Jamison.

James Tate Hill

If William Faulkner can put an exclamation point in the title of Absalom, Absalom! you can put an exclamation point wherever the hell you want.

James Tate Hill

The new Jack Reacher is more in line with Lee Child's vision of the character as a hulking, towering figure, & I guess I'm curious, on a narrative level, why a hulking, towering figure makes a more compelling hero than someone of modest stature who kicks the same amount of ass..

James Tate Hill

Happiest of publication days to Jason Kapcala @kapwritetolive & Hungry Town, out today from the indispensable @wvupress! Can't believe I missed my chance to preorder, so off I go to regular old purchase it & you should, too. https://t.co/c52OqWJ91f

James Tate Hill

According to Billy Joel: The Definitive Biography by Fred Schruers

James Tate Hill

Until 1992's All the Pretty Horses, none of Cormac McCarthy's novels had sold more than 5000 copies, including 1985's Blood Meridian, which many consider his best. His 1st novel came out in 1965. The impatience of contemporary publishing cannot give us another Cormac McCarthy.

James Tate Hill

"What if there were no what if? What if there were only what is? What if is her game. What if is her fucking brand. What if is what stories are." -@Elizabeth_Crane, This Story Will Change (out this Tuesday & I highly recommend) #SundaySentence

James Tate Hill

@SarahViren Ann Patchett's Truth and Beauty is subtitled "A Friendship." Also a biogoir?

James Tate Hill

@TLSherwood1 Less Is Lost, Andrew Sean Greer's super excellent sequel to Less.

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