The novel Hell of a Book won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction. Author Jason Mott joins us to discuss the novel, which was our February Get Lit with All Of It book club selection. The story follows a troubled author on book tour, haunted by a ghostly presence called The Kid, and by his own traumatic past. 'Get L

Jason Mott's Hell of a Book lives up to its name: it has a snappy title, an eccentric narrator and a Nicolas Cage cameo. Also, two authors who explore older Australian's experiences with Liz Byrski's At the End of the Day and Shankari Chandran's Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens.

In the last episode of Late Night Lit for 2021, Late Night's Sarah Jenks-Daly talks to Jason Mott, author of One Hell of a Book, which won the National Book Award for Fiction. She also chats with Kathryn Gordon, the Marketing and Publicity Director for Legacy Lit. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Cal

#PodcastersForJustice New York Times bestselling author, Jason Mott, took a timeout to talk with me about the high-wire act of building Hell of a Book, talking about race in America, and NOT working with Brad Pitt. Jason is the author of The Returned, a New York Times bestseller that was turned into a TV series that ra

Jason Mott's latest novel, Hell of a Book — which is already a New York Times bestseller and a Read With Jenna Book Club pick— is meant to make readers laugh out loud on one page while offering a critical look at serious topics like race and policing in America on the next. Jason joins Zibby to discuss the technical st

Writing and mental health - how do you use therapy? Jason Mott speaks to me this week about the importance of therapy while writing. We talk about his new book - Hell of a Book. The book is uncategorizable and fizzing with playful invention and intelligence, and Mott's story centers on an author and a young black boy w