BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Edison Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Edison Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:32980e57-93a0-4e4a-b668-80715157e7c7 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260824T132654Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240220T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240220T170000 SUMMARY:Exploring Identity\, Love\, and Being Black in Fiction Writing LOCATION:EPL Virtual\nEPL Virtual X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=EPL Virtual;X-APPLE-RADIUS =10;X-TITLE=EPL Virtual:geo:0,0 GEO:0;0 DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to join us as we talk to New York Tim es bestselling author Jason Mott about his recent novel Hell of a Bo ok. .\nhttps://edisonpubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/10003114 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This magnificent work of fiction is deeply honest\, at times electrically funny\, and is a book that goes to the hea rt of racism\, police violence\, and the hidden costs exacted upon Black A mericans and America as a whole.

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In \;Hell of a Book\ , a Black author sets out on a cross-country publicity tour to promote his bestselling novel. That storyline drives \;Hell of a Book&nb sp\;and is the scaffolding of something much larger and more urgent: Mott& rsquo\;s novel also tells the story of Soot\, a young Black boy living in a rural town in the recent past\, and The Kid\, a possibly imaginary child who appears to the author on his tour.

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As these characters&rsquo\ ; stories build and converge\, they astonish. While this heartbreaking and magical book entertains and is at once about family\, love of parents and children\, art and money\, it&rsquo\;s also about the nation&rsquo\;s rec koning with a tragic police shooting playing over and over again on the ne ws. And with what it can mean to be Black in America.

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Unforgettabl y told\, with an electrifying plot and characters who burn into your mind\ , \;Hell of a Book \;is the novel Mott has been writing i n his head for the last ten years. And in its final twists\, it truly beco mes its title. Register now!

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About the Author:&nb sp\;Jason Mott is the author of two poetry collections and four novels. Hi s first novel\, \;The Returned\, was adapted for television a nd aired on ABC under the title "Resurrection." Since then\, his novels th at followed have received various accolades and acclaim. His most recent n ovel\, \;Hell of a Book\, won the Sir Walter Raleigh Award fo r Fiction Winner\, was a Carnegie Medals For Excellence Longlist nominee\, and the winner of the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction. He lives in h ermitude in Southeastern North Carolina.

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