
The Alignment Show
From Banjo to Memoir: Finding Meaning in the Messy Middle of Life
<p>I wasn’t quite sure what to expect going into this conversation with Matthew Check, but I knew it would be interesting.</p><p>What I didn’t expect was just how layered it would be.</p><p>Matthew is a musician-turned-author whose memoir, What Would Philip Roth Do?, weaves together love, identity, creativity, and a fair amount of humor. But what stayed with me after our conversation wasn’t just the story itself. It was the process behind it—the discipline, the vulnerability, and the willingness to tell the truth even when it would be easier not to.</p><p>We...






