Books – Michael Patrick Brady https://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog Thu, 08 May 2025 17:39:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Proto | Laura Spinney https://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/proto-laura-spinney/ Thu, 08 May 2025 17:39:44 +0000 https://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/?p=6741

My review of Laura Spinney's PROTO: How One Ancient Language Went Global is up @WSJ https://t.co/cTD4wV4nOb

— Michael Patrick Brady (@michaelpbrady) May 8, 2025

]]> Terrestrial History | Joe Mungo Reed https://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/terrestrial-history-joe-mungo-reed/ Sun, 13 Apr 2025 20:04:51 +0000 https://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/?p=6738

My review of Joe Mungo Reed’s Terrestrial History—a speculative, but emotionally grounded exploration of climate collapse and interplanetary colonization—is up today at the Boston Globe. https://t.co/wNMr16F2Dl

— Michael Patrick Brady (@michaelpbrady) April 8, 2025

]]> The Franklin Stove | Joyce E. Chaplin https://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/the-franklin-stove-joyce-e-chaplin/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 11:52:26 +0000 https://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/?p=6732

At @WBUR, I spoke with Harvard professor Joyce E. Chaplin about her new book “The Franklin Stove” (3/11, FSG) and the 18th century roots of our modern expectations around domestic comfort, climate, and consumerism.

– Michael Patrick Brady

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]]> How to be Avant-Garde | Morgan Falconer https://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/how-to-be-avant-garde-morgan-falconer/ Tue, 11 Feb 2025 22:19:11 +0000 https://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/?p=6724

I’m up at the Boston Globe today, writing about Morgan Falconer, Dean Kissick, and whether contemporary art needs to take some cues from the past. https://t.co/X13VhYURJ4

— Michael Patrick Brady (@michaelpbrady) February 11, 2025

]]> From Ted to Tom | Edward Gorey https://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/from-ted-to-tom-edward-gorey/ Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:41:14 +0000 https://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/?p=6720

At WBUR today, I wrote about a new collection of Edward Gorey’s private works from @NYRB_Imprints. https://t.co/AEvWBxZdP5

— Michael Patrick Brady (@michaelpbrady) February 4, 2025

]]> At Dark, I Become Loathsome | Eric LaRocca https://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/at-dark-i-become-loathsome-eric-larocca/ Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:54:31 +0000 https://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/?p=6703

I wrote about the promise and pitfalls of transgressive fiction @WBUR: https://t.co/8CkTwA4gQm

— Michael Patrick Brady (@michaelpbrady) January 28, 2025

]]> Save Our Souls | Matthew Pearl https://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/save-our-souls-matthew-pearl/ Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:19:57 +0000 https://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/?p=6700

For WBUR, I spoke to author Matthew Pearl about “Save Our Souls,” his extraordinary tale of fraud and malfeasance in 19th century merchant sailing practices. https://t.co/yM4jQPgyCg

— Michael Patrick Brady (@michaelpbrady) January 14, 2025

]]> 2024 Books: A few short reviews https://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/2024-books-a-few-short-reviews/ Mon, 02 Dec 2024 14:34:49 +0000 https://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/?p=6694 Over on Substack, I considered a few titles from this year that I didn’t get the opportunity to write about at length.

2024 Books: A few short reviews by Michael Patrick Brady

Fiona Warnick, Sebastian Smee, Laura van den Berg, and more.

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]]> The Memory Palace | Nate DiMeo https://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/the-memory-palace-nate-dimeo-review/ Mon, 18 Nov 2024 14:41:11 +0000 https://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/?p=6666 My review of Nate DiMeo’s book, “The Memory Palace: True Short Stories of the Past” is up today at WBUR.org.

Since 2008, DiMeo has plumbed the murky depths of the past for his podcast, which sheds light on obscure people and oddball events that have fallen through the cracks of our collective memory. A Rehoboth native, DiMeo found early inspiration as a teenager exploring his family’s own history in nearby Providence, Rhode Island.

]]> Nicked | M.T. Anderson https://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/nicked-m-t-anderson/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:12:50 +0000 https://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/?p=6374

At @wbur today, I wrote about M.T. Anderson's "Nicked," a novel about the real-life plot to steal Santa Claus's bones. https://t.co/r1quCHUuys

— Michael Patrick Brady (@michaelpbrady) July 23, 2024

]]> The Case of Lizzie Borden and Other Writings | Elizabeth Garver Jordan | Lori Harrison-Kahan, Jane Carr, eds. https://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/the-case-of-lizzie-borden-and-other-writings-elizabeth-garver-jordan-lori-harrison-kahan-jane-carr-eds/ Tue, 25 Jun 2024 12:53:22 +0000 https://www.michaelpatrickbrady.com/blog/?p=6371

For @wbur, I spoke to editor and professor Lori Harrison-Kahan about a new Penguin Classics collection that examines the work of a pioneering woman journalist who made her mark covering the Lizzie Borden trial. https://t.co/pRP4SsuWiX

— Michael Patrick Brady (@michaelpbrady) June 25, 2024

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