Jamie Brickhouse is the author of Dangerous When Wet: A Memoir of Booze, Sex and My Mother, which deals with his life growing up gay in Beaumont, Texas and ending up an alcoholic in New York. Jamie Brickhouse is a former publicity director for several large publishing houses who has also worked as a stand-up comedian and storyteller. His memoir deals with his relationship with his overbearing mother, and his move to New York, where he became the life of the party, until the party overwhelmed his life. He is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.