How is the black experience in America reflected in works of fiction? What are the hidden costs of injustice for black citizens, and for all Americans?
Jason Mott will shed light on observations at the core of his award-winning novel Hell of a Book in an Ocean County Library Virtual Author Talk on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 4 p.m.
Hell of a Book captured the 2021 National Book Award and the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction and was a nominee for a Carnegie Medal for Excellence for its themes of family, parental love, children, art, and tragedy.
Readers become acquainted with a black author on a cross-country tour to publicize his novel.
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