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
As a former student DJ, I was excited to get to talk to Katherine Rye Jewell about her new history of college radio, “Live from the Underground” for @WBUR https://t.co/mLrT3FaSS6
— Michael Patrick Brady (@michaelpbrady) December 5, 2023
For @WBUR, I wrote about Gabriel Bump’s “The New Naturals,” a novel about lost people that never finds itself.https://t.co/ufbfPPSGXh
— Michael Patrick Brady (@michaelpbrady) November 14, 2023
“The deepest motivation was repugnance." I spoke to the incomparable Lydia Davis about her decision to not allow Amazon to sell her latest story collection, "Our Strangers." https://t.co/n6Uqdj3MtX
— Michael Patrick Brady (@michaelpbrady) October 4, 2023
I spoke to historian Tiya Miles about her new book, “Wild Girls,” and why it’s important for young girls to experience the freedom and wonder of the outdoors @WBUR https://t.co/gRzjFaax9M
— Michael Patrick Brady (@michaelpbrady) September 19, 2023