Michael Patrick Brady covers literature for WBUR, and has written about books and music for a variety of publications, including the Boston Globe, the Boston Phoenix, The Millions and Forbes.com.
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Dwyer Murphy's latest novel is a South Coast-set mystery
The Wareham native's "The House on Buzzards Bay" follows a group of college friends in their late 30s on vacation hoping to reconnect until one of them suddenly disappears. And...
Benjamin Franklin set out to conquer climate in the colonial era
In her new book, “The Franklin Stove: An Unintended American Revolution,” Harvard professor Joyce E. Chaplin reveals how this relatively modest invention prefigures the ascent of the United States as...
A collection of illustrator Edward Gorey's works shared in new book
“From Ted to Tom: The Illustrated Envelopes of Edward Gorey” brings together 50 illustrations that Gorey sent to his friend, Tom Fitzharris, at the height of their friendship in 1974...
Boston author Eric LaRocca's latest novel delves into the horror of grief
“At Dark, I Become Loathsome” tells the story of a man whose grief over the loss of his family, and struggle with accepting his own sexuality, has sent down a...
'Save Our Souls' is a gripping tale of a 19th century Pacific shipwreck
The improbable but all-too-true story behind Matthew Pearl’s latest nonfiction effort, “Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder,” takes readers on a rollicking adventure...
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Nate DiMeo recasts his quirky podcast histories for the page
With his podcast-turned-book “The Memory Palace: True Short Stories of the Past,” writer and host Nate DiMeo aims to show readers that history isn’t just a dry accumulation of dates...
M. T. Anderson's 'Nicked' is the story of a young man with a dream
In Anderson's "adult debut," a Benedictine monk in the year 1087 has a literal dream in which he is visited by St. Nicholas, who gives him a sacred, albeit cryptic...
A new collection aims to pull a pioneering female journalist out of obscurity
"The Case of Lizzie Borden and Other Writings" spans Elizabeth Garver Jordan’s entire career, from her coverage of the Lizzie Borden trial to her fiction writing, which includes short stories...
Novel 'Fruit of the Dead' is a contemporary reimagining of Persephone
Western Massachusetts-based author Rachel Lyon reaches back into ancient myth for her latest book reimagining the ancient Greek myth as a contemporary parable about power, consent and trauma.
Kelly Link's debut novel 'The Book of Love' is a wild — and long — ride
Set in the quaint, seaside community of Lovesend, Massachusetts, the 640-page novel centers on three recently deceased high school students — Laura, Daniel and Mo — who have been brought...