Using Untested Skills to Fix a Home With a Dubious History
Matthew Batt and SUGARHOUSE: Turning the Neighborhood Crack House into Our Home Sweet Home, on sale now. 
"Sometimes people try to make it fancier than it is and they’ll pronounce it Stray-ED. But it’s just like the word. Like a strayed cat, I tell people by way of explanation. It rhymes with laid and paid."

Cheryl Strayed talks to Matthew Batt, as part of his “Hello. My Name Is…” feature on The Nervous Breakdown. 

Matt’s hilarious new memoir SUGARHOUSE comes out on Tuesday! 

Matt Batt is taking SUGARHOUSE on the road next week, sharing with all y’all his charmingly witty and improbable account of how the purchase and restoration of a disaster fixer-upper saves a young marriage.
He’s headed to…

MINNEAPOLIS/ ST PAUL
Magers & Quinn, June 19, 7:30pm 
Common Good Books, July 10, 7pm

MILWAUKEE
Boswell Book Company, June 20, 7pm 

PORTLAND
Powells, June 21, 7:30 PM 

SEATTLE 
Elliott Bay Books, June 23

SALT LAKE CITY 
Kings English, June 26, 7pm 

DENVER 
Tattered Cover, June 28, 7:30 PM

Matt Batt is taking SUGARHOUSE on the road next week, sharing with all y’all his charmingly witty and improbable account of how the purchase and restoration of a disaster fixer-upper saves a young marriage.

He’s headed to…


MINNEAPOLIS/ ST PAUL

Magers & Quinn, June 19, 7:30pm 

Common Good Books, July 10, 7pm

MILWAUKEE

Boswell Book Company, June 20, 7pm 

PORTLAND

Powells, June 21, 7:30 PM 

SEATTLE 

Elliott Bay Books, June 23

SALT LAKE CITY 

Kings English, June 26, 7pm 

DENVER 

Tattered Cover, June 28, 7:30 PM