Matthew Quick on "Dad, Love, Me," Sobriety, and Forgiving the Unforgivable

About this episode

New York Times bestselling author Matthew Quick joins Brian for an intimate conversation about Dad, Love, Me , his deeply personal debut memoir written as a letter to his ailing father. Matthew opens up about growing up with an angry and withholding parent, carrying his father’s critical voice into adulthood, and achieving extraordinary literary success while privately struggling with depression, addiction, and creative paralysis. He discusses getting sober, turning to Jungian analysis, and moving closer to his parents after his father was diagnosed with dementia, hoping to find some form of connection before time ran out. Together, Brian and Matthew explore father hunger, wounded…