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
New Thriller by Michael Patrick Brady!
"It was one of those preposterous summer nights when the sun forgot to set. We swarmed through the endless yellowed yards, a dirty dozen of us, defeating countless forbidding fences in pursuit of our prey."https://t.co/7qorsmtcXM
— Uncharted Mag (@uncharted_mag_) March 6, 2025
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
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
I wrote about the promise and pitfalls of transgressive fiction @WBUR: https://t.co/8CkTwA4gQm
— Michael Patrick Brady (@michaelpbrady) January 28, 2025
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
Over on Substack, I considered a few titles from this year that I didn’t get the opportunity to write about at length.
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.
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
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
I reviewed Carolyn Kuebler's novel about a year in the life of a small Vermont town in today's @BostonGlobe. https://t.co/Sx2UbLR9iw
— Michael Patrick Brady (@michaelpbrady) May 23, 2024
It would be hard to call “Fruit of the Dead” a satisfying read; but perhaps there’s a bit of ugly truth to be found in its imperfect protagonists and dizzy, disorienting denouement. My latest @WBUR. https://t.co/wX7Hw5qoLp
— Michael Patrick Brady (@michaelpbrady) March 5, 2024
“The Book of Love” reminds one a bit of a Cthulhu plushie — eldritch, Lovecraftian horror presented in a kitschy, tongue-in-cheek style. My latest for @WBUR https://t.co/zClRw7ju8G
— Michael Patrick Brady (@michaelpbrady) February 13, 2024
At @BostonGlobe, I wrote about Paul Lynch’s troubling, dystopian, Booker Prize-winning novel, “Prophet Song,” a book whose subtext bothered me a little more than its (admittedly gripping) text. https://t.co/iTZUVaf3Vh
— Michael Patrick Brady (@michaelpbrady) December 6, 2023