Jason Mott, HELL OF A BOOK: A Novel
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2021
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
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 structure of the book, as well as how his introverted tendencies both inspired the story's undertones and prompted Zibby to reflect on her own shyness. The two also talk about ways they like to recharge after spending time around other people and why Jason doesn't like to take himself too seriously. Check out Zibby and Kyle’s appearance on Good Day LA where they recommended this book here.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Libby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm also the host of Moms Don't Have Time to Lose Weight, and I'm the editor of the anthology, |
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| 0:16.8 | All proceeds of that book go to COVID-19 vaccine research. |
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| 0:34.8 | Okay, now back to this amazing podcast. |
| 0:39.7 | Jason Mott is the author of Hell of a Book, a novel. New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Jason Mott, |
| 0:44.3 | lives in Southeastern North Carolina. He has a BFA in fiction and an MFA in poetry, both from |
| 0:50.7 | the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. His poetry and fiction has appeared in |
| 0:54.9 | various literary journals. He was nominated for a 2009 Pushcard Prize award and Entertainment |
| 1:00.5 | Weekly listed him as one of their 10 New Hollywood Next Wave people to watch. He is the author |
| 1:06.8 | of two poetry collections, call this thing between us love and hide behind me. |
| 1:11.3 | He's also the author of three novels, The Returned, the Wonder of All Things, and the |
| 1:15.1 | Crossing. |
| 1:16.0 | The Returned, Jason's debut novel, was adapted by Brad Pitt's production company Plan B in |
| 1:21.0 | association with Brillstein Entertainment and ABC. |
| 1:23.6 | It aired on the ABC Network under the title Resurrection. |
| 1:26.9 | Now I have to go back and watch that. Jason's fourth novel, Hell of a Book, just came out. Welcome, Jason. Thank you so much for coming on Moms and I have time to read books to talk about hell of a book. Thank you so much for having you. I'm glad to be here. Well, the great thing about this book, well, one of the many great things, is having a protagonist who's an author going on book tour, |
| 1:45.4 | and yet you are an author going on book tour, obviously. So you were very clever, I think, |
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