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Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

Late Night Lit: Marlon James | Jake Morrissey

Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

NBC

Political Comedy, Politics, After Shows, News, Comedy, Books, Authors, News Commentary, A Closer Look, Seth Myers, Tv & Film, Seth Meyers

4.33.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Late Night's Sarah Jenks-Daly interviews Marlon James, whose latest novel Moon Witch, Spider King is the latest in his acclaimed Dark Star trilogy.

Marlon is then joined by Jake Morrissey, executive editor at Riverhead Books, who with Marlon James cohosts the podcast "Marlon and Jake Read Dead People."

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0:00.0

Let's say you love sports, but are also, you know, a busy person.

0:04.1

You want to know the latest sports news, but don't want to sit through a two-hour podcast.

0:08.8

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0:12.9

Listen to the lead starting five on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:21.6

Hey everybody, Seth Meyers here.

0:23.3

Welcome to another episode of Late Night Lit, our monthly series, Spotlighting Books and

0:27.9

Authors. Here to shine some light on what's new and noteworthy in the world of literature

0:32.0

is our very own Sarah Jenk's Daily. Take it away Sarah.

0:35.2

Hi everyone, I'm Sarah Jenk's Daily and welcome to Late Night Lit.

0:41.4

This month we have two fantastic guests who are both friends and colleagues.

0:45.4

The first is New York Times best-selling and Booker Prize-winning author, Marlon James,

0:50.3

whose new novel, Moon Witch Spider King, was published last month.

0:54.4

It is the second book in the Dark Star trilogy.

0:57.2

The first, Black Lepard Red Wolf, told the story of tracker, who was on a quest to find

1:02.3

a missing boy and who over the course of the novel journeys through a fantastical world

1:07.1

of African kingdoms, shape shifters and spirits.

1:10.9

The second book in the trilogy is told from the perspective of Saga-Lon, the Moon Witch,

1:15.5

whom we meet in the first book but whose story we didn't fully know.

1:18.8

It is a captivating, sweeping and exceptional adventure.

1:22.8

Our second guest is Jake Morrissey, Executive Editor at Riverhead Books and Marlon's long

1:27.6

time publishing collaborator and friend.

1:30.5

In addition to their very successful author-editor relationship, the two also have a fantastic

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