Michael Patrick Brady

Book critic. Words at the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, and the Washington Post.

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If you like reading about books, why not start the week off by subscribing to my Substack? (link in bio) You too could be as pleased as these four very satisfied customers:

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A fifth-century A.D. anthology of Greek writing, originally collected by a father for his son, offers wisdom and insight into the human condition, writes Michael Patrick Brady
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@Bernstein I saw this in the theater and people were laughing at it.

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@exhaustdata Majoring in the inhumanities.

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The regional accent associated with New England has some features in common with that of the American South. But they spring from different sources, writes Michael Patrick Brady https://t.co/ZJvmKjIl7d

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I reviewed Valerie Fridland’s book about accents, and wrote a little about my own experiences as an accent-haver, for the WSJ. https://t.co/FdBwOrKbks

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My review of @McNallyEditions "Beloved Son Felix" is up at the Wall Street Journal today. https://t.co/TrUG3uzghz

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@pourfairelevide But then you also comes across some great deep cuts: https://t.co/DyZP7hHuFY

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My review of Owen Rees’s The Far Edges of the Known World: Life Beyond the Borders of Ancient Civilization is up at The Wall Street Journal today. https://t.co/BKz1zV1JqN

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I reviewed Anika Burgess's fun new history of early photography for the Washington Post: https://t.co/nXONoTAK2q

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

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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

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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. https://t.co/xIkfGFBOCP

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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."

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Arts & Letters Daily has been my browser homepage since high school, and the articles I've found there have had a profound impact on my reading, writing, and thinking. So I'm overwhelmed and incredibly grateful to find my own work featured today.

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My review of Morgan Falconer’s HOW TO BE AVANT GARDE in yesterday’s Boston Globe.

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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

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

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