Matthew Quick on WE ARE THE LIGHT
\u201cI grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood. And you know, nobody was expected to be a novelist \u2014 that was not a thing, that was not a choice in my neighborhood. And when I made that choice, it was very strange to people. And it was a really hard thing for people to accept and my father and my grandfather did not understand that at all. And they discouraged me. But then once I succeeded, they really claimed that, and my grandfather would tell everyone\u2026\u201d
Matthew Quick (The Silver Linings Playbook) joins guest host Allyson Gavaletz to talk about his new novel,\xa0We Are the Light, along with breaking cycles, writer\u2019s block, connecting with people, collective trauma, running, Jungian analysis, the books and writers he loves to teach, his literary influences, what\u2019s next for him and more. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Madyson.
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Featured Books (Episode):
We Are the Light by Matthew Quick
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
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Featured Books (TBR Topoff):
A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman
The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
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This episode of Poured Over was produced and hosted by Allyson Gavaletz and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).