Matthew Hogan in Conversation with Matt Hoffman - Foot in Mouth Disease!

Schedule

Thu Nov 21 2024 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Little Shop of Stories | Decatur, GA

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Come hear local author Matthew Hogan talk about his newest book, Foot in Mouth Disease, with friend Matt Hoffman!
About this Event

It's not every day Little Shop gets to host an event for grown-ups, so we're especially thrilled to announce our event with local author Matthew Hogan! Matthew will be in conversation with his friend Matt Hoffman, talking all things Foot in Mouth Disease: Musings of an Unfiltered Physician! If you want to spend the evening at your favorite bookshop, eating snacks and hearing about some unconventionally hilarious essays, see below for more deets:

Tickets:

Admission: $0 This event is free to attend, but every person who plans on attending must have a free admission ticket.

Pre-Order Foot in Mouth Disease: $36.00 You must purchase a copy of the book from Little Shop in order to enter the signing line.

About the Book:

Foot In Mouth Disease: Musings of an Unfiltered Physician is a view of the convolutions of life through the lens of a doctor with an unconventional, and somewhat unrefined, sense of humor. Across a collection of essays, Dr. Matt Hogan uses experiences and events from his life to reflect on broader themes like motivation and regret, weaving hilarious accounts of his own personal history as a physician and native Philadelphian into the lessons he's learned in a life of service and observation.

From the mortal dangers lurking in his childhood home, to the unreasonable expectations of being a physician in a Shonda Rhimes world, Matt gives the reader an unobstructed view of the absurdities of his life and how they molded him into the physician he is today. Nobody in his universe is off limits -- not the mother who paid off his student loans nor the wife who tolerates his OCD -- but while discussing the pitfalls of passing gas in front of a patient or reflecting on universal healthcare while atop a castle in Germany, Matt's biggest target is himself. Permeating the prose is an underlying theme that in order to take an honest look at a difficult problem like our comically frustrating healthcare system, we must first take an honest look at ourselves.

Foot In Mouth Disease is a diary crafted into a story about one man's dance into middle- age. It is a narrative in the vein of the author's hero, David Sedaris, and a window into the world of medicine through the eyes of an unprocessed skeptic. Mostly, however, it is a confession - an exploitation of the mutually hysterical and poignant events in the life of a dedicated physician that prove we are all human, and none of us will make it out alive.

About the author:

Matt Hogan, MD is a practicing internist with over twenty years of experience and the medical director and vice-chief of staff of a large urban hospital just outside Atlanta. He has won numerous awards for teaching and service and leads a thriving practice of over forty physicians. When he isn't managing the complexities of healthcare, he loves to write, a passion that has been evident since grade school. He is the author of Mr. November, a time-hopping science fiction novel, and numerous medical publications in print news and peer-reviewed journals. Matt is from Philadelphia, a city that is ever-present in his skeptical and unfiltered humor, but he now resides in Decatur, Georgia with his wife, two children, two dogs, and a fish named Jerry.

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Little Shop of Stories, 133 East Court Square, Decatur, United States

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