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Kevin Brown

@kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social

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I love running, reading, and writing, but progressive politics will also make an appearance here, from time to time.

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Eleanor J. Bader reviews CARTOGRAPHY OF LOSS by Karen Paul, calling it "a road to healing that is filled with wisdom and solace": turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I reviewed Frederick Noland's MAJOR TAYLOR (@dandq.bsky.social) for @comicsjournal.bsky.social; Noland tells the story of how a young African American boy became the fastest cyclist in the world in the late 1800s: www.tcj.com/reviews/majo...

Major Taylor - The Comics Journal

Major Taylor by Frederick Noland, reviewed by Kevin Brown.

Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

All kinds of worries this morning, most of which were not worth the energy, though one was; more information on the blog: mytypeofrunning.substack.com/p/all-up-in-...

mytypeofrunning.substack.com

All Up In My Head

or my chest, maybe

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

In FED UP (@aaknopf.bsky.social) Daniel E. Lieberman looks at the most popular diets to see what we evolved to eat (or not eat), ending with some overall, sensible recommendations: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

turnedpagereview.substack.com

Review of Fed Up by Daniel E. Lieberman

Alfred A. Knopf, 2026

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A suprise conversation on my long run this morning with a young man whose sister has type 1 diabetes served as a nice reminder of how far we've come: mytypeofrunning.substack.com/p/serendipity

Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Bothayna Al-Essa's THE BOOK CENSOR'S LIBRARY riffs on 1984 with a strong influence of Alice in Wonderland to create a new story about book banning and the power of story: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

turnedpagereview.substack.com

Review of The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa; translated by Ranya Abdelrahman and Sawad Hussain

Restless Books, 2024

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It's been one year since I received my type 1 diabetes diagnosis. I reflect on that milestone (and running) on My Type of Running: mytypeofrunning.substack.com/p/its-been-a...

mytypeofrunning.substack.com

It’s Been a Year

but largely a good one

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Dorthe Nors' RANGE (@graywolfpress.bsky.social) follows a character who seems to want to be away from others to deal with a crisis of identity, but people might just be what she needs to process who she is and how she has become that person: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

turnedpagereview.substack.com

Review of Range by Dorthe Nors; translated by Caroline Waight

Graywolf Press, 2025

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Some thoughts on competition based on a brief conversation with a guy with a great mustache, but mainly heat, humidity, and a CGM that didn't work this week: mytypeofrunning.substack.com/p/july-retur...

mytypeofrunning.substack.com

July Returns: The Reckoning

or, it’s still freakin’ hot and humid

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I have to admit that I usually avoid novels that get as much hype as Virginia Evans's THE CORRESPONDENT (@crownpublishing.bsky.social) has; I'm glad I finally got over that and read about Sybil's life and all she has left to learn in it: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

turnedpagereview.substack.com

Review of The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

@eleanorjbader1.bsky.social reviews STORIES FROM ALTERNATE ROOTS (@newvillagepress.bsky.social), which she describes as "a tribute to Alternate ROOTS and a celebration of the wonderful, committed artists and agitators who’ve kept the group going for half a century"

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Review of Stories from Alternate ROOTS

review by Eleanor J. Bader

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It was a week of typical running worries for me, so maybe that's a good thing? They certainly didn't disappear, but I lived with and through them (so far): mytypeofrunning.substack.com/p/the-usual-...

mytypeofrunning.substack.com

The Usual Concerns

worrying about what I can and can’t control

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

There were some challenges this week, especially on a stormy Thursday morning, but, unlike Sisyphus, I believe that difficulty is ultimately desireable: mytypeofrunning.substack.com/p/desireable...

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Desireable? Difficulty

a rough week, in places

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

@tinamuir.bsky.social and Zoë Rom talk about how to sustain one's mind, body, and community, not just the environment in BECOMING A SUSTAINABLE RUNNER: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

turnedpagereview.substack.com

Review of Becoming a Sustainable Runner by Tina Muir and Zoë Rom

Human Kinetics, 2024

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I got to review Emil Wilson's THE NIGHTINGALES (@avidreaderpress.bsky.social) for @comicsjournal.bsky.social ; it's a story about compassion and love and living in the midst of suffering and hate, a story we desperately need right now: www.tcj.com/reviews/the-...

The Nightingales - The Comics Journal

Kevin Brown reviews the debut graphic novel from Emil Wilson.

Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki's ROAMING (@dandq.bsky.social) follows Dani and Zoe as they seek to understand each other after meeting up after having begun their studies at different colleges, as they live in the liminal stage of young adulthood: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

turnedpagereview.substack.com

Review of Roaming by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki

Drawn & Quarterly, 2023

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Souvankham Thammavongsa's PICK A COLOR (@littlebrown.bsky.social) explores the complicated experiences of Ning, a salon owner who keenly observes others, but struggles to understand herself: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

turnedpagereview.substack.com

Review of Pick a Color by Souvankham Thammavongsa

Little, Brown & Company, 2025

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

In THE PRICE SHE PAYS (@littlebrown.bsky.social), Steele and Brown explores the wide variety of challenges female athletes face, but end with hope for a better future: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

turnedpagereview.substack.com

Review of The Price She Pays by Katie Steele and Tiffany Brown, with Erin Strout

Little Brown Spark, 2024

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A combo review of NoViolet Bulaway's GLORY (@vikingbooks.bsky.social) & Quan Barry's WHEN I'M GONE, LOOK FOR ME IN THE EAST (@pantheonbooks.bsky.social); these novels show people who are different from many of us, yet they remind us that, no matter what culture we come from, we have doubts & faith

turnedpagereview.substack.com

Review of Glory and When I’m Gone, Look For Me in the East

Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

This week's hot and humid running reflections also involve a diabetes-related nerve issue: mytypeofrunning.substack.com/p/i-think-i-...

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I think I struck a nerve

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

@eleanorjbader1.bsky.social reviews ROGUES GALLERY by Joel Schecter, a collection of essays that satirizes "tyrants and fools," thus becoming "a community of joyful resistance to greed, injustice, vanity, and lies": turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

turnedpagereview.substack.com

Review of Rogues Gallery by Joel Schechter

review by Eleanor J. Bader

Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I couldn't resist the 90s-era movie reference or the Dickens puns to talk about my expectations for a 5K last week and how that turned out: mytypeofrunning.substack.com/p/great-expe...

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Great Expectations

or, a Dickens of a time

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Lucy Schiller's AGING OUT (@flatironbooks.bsky.social) is thoughtful reflection on aging, community, and loneliness: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

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Review of Aging Out by Lucy Schiller

Flatiron Books, 2026

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

@eleanorjbader1.bsky.social reviews 20 OVER 60 (@regalhouse.bsky.social), a "compelling, well-wrought anthology" about life in the later years of life: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

turnedpagereview.substack.com

Review of 20 Over 60

reviewed by Eleanor J. Bader

Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Donal Ryan's latest novel THE QUEEN OF DIRT ISLAND (@vikingbooks.bsky.social ) celebrates the mother-daughter relationships that hold a family and community together: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

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Review of The Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

@eleanorjbader1.bsky.social reviews Gabriel San Román's DAYS OF DISSENT (@pmpress.bsky.social), praising it as "a kaleidoscopic introduction to the ups-and-down endemic to movements for social change": turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

turnedpagereview.substack.com

Review of Days of Dissent by Gabriel San Roman

review by Eleanor J. Bader

Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Keshava Guha's THE TIGER'S SHARE (@hachetteuk.bsky.social) follows two women negotiating the patriarchal culture of India, while one of their fathers decides what to do to draw attention to the climate crisis): turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

turnedpagereview.substack.com

Review of The Tiger’s Share by Keshava Guha

John Murray, 2025

Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Dave Eggers' new novel CONTRAPPOSTO (@aaknopf.bsky.social) explores why we create art (rather timely, I would say) through the choices the two main characters make: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

turnedpagereview.substack.com

Review of Contrapposto by Dave Eggers

Alfred A. Knopf, 2026

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

@benpassmore.bsky.social's Eisner-award-winning BLACK ARMS TO HOLD YOU UP (@pantheonbooks.bsky.social) goes beyond celebrating those who used non-violence to reform systems, as he wants to lift up those who sought liberation & did whatever they felt they needed to in order to achieve that liberation

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Review of Black Arms to Hold You Up by Ben Passmore

Pantheon Books, 2025

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Alexander Starritt's DRAYTON AND MACKENZIE (@groveatlantic.bsky.social) follows two friends (but it's complicated) through the financial tumult of the twenty-first century: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

turnedpagereview.substack.com

Review of Drayton and Mackenzie by Alexander Starritt

Atlantic Monthly Press, 2025

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eleanorjbader1.bsky.social @eleanorjbader1.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I'm looking to speak to people with a disability who receive SNAP benefits. I want to talk about the new work rules. Anonymity can be assured. It's for The Progressive Magazine website. Thanks. Email eleanorbader@gmail.com to schedule a time to talk.

Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Maggie O'Farrell's LAND (@aaknopf.bsky.social) explores how we make meaning in our lives and the importance land/place plays in that exploration: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

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Review of Land by Maggie O’Farrell

Alfred A. Knopf, 2026

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eleanorjbader1.bsky.social @eleanorjbader1.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

My latest, posted @ Ms. Magazine. msmagazine.com/2026/07/26/p...

The Myth of the 'Perfect Birth': What America Gets Wrong About Pregnancy, Birth and Maternal Care

The Perfect Birth: Pushing Back Against a Broken Industry, by Avital Norman Nathman, with Deborah Wage, vigorously challenges the Heritage assessment and zeroes in on maternity care voids (sometimes c...

Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

This week on the running blog, I explore a bit of a disconnect between workouts and races, as well as a new challenge with blood sugar: mytypeofrunning.substack.com/p/the-strugg...

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The Struggle is Real

two continual challenges

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

For our recent trip to Alaska, I read six different books to help me understand where we were going; here's a long(ish) review that talks about those books and the connection to what we actually saw: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/the-last-f...

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The Last Frontier

Review of Books About Alaska

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Simon Paré-Poupart's TRASH! (@melvillehouse.bsky.social) helps readers see a wider, richer, more complex world, one they often willfully ignore, the mark of all good literature: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

turnedpagereview.substack.com

Review of Trash! A Garbageman’s Story by Simon Paré-Poupart

Melville House, 2026

Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

@edgeofsports.bsky.social has written a biography of Howard Zinn that @eleanorjbader1.bsky.social describes as "a wonderful evocation of a man worthy of emulation": turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

@eleanorjbader1.bsky.social reviews RESONANCE, in which a 21-year-old Sophie discovers diaries by Anna Grinberg, a largely-unknown, young, Polish-Jewish sculptor who moved to Paris in 1922; as Bader writes, "the result is a beautiful, heart-felt book about people whose survival you will root for"

turnedpagereview.substack.com

Review of Resonance by Michael S. Tobin and Daniel S. Chertoff

review by Eleanor J. Bader

Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I did my civic duty today. I also signed a petition for more affordable housing on the way out. Let's try to move the needle however we can.

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Courtney and I are back from a two-week vacation (I'm sure you missed the posts about running); here are my thoughts on running in two states, two countries, and on the high seas: mytypeofrunning.substack.com/p/running-on...

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Running on the Road

two states, two countries, and the high seas

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eleanorjbader1.bsky.social @eleanorjbader1.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Heat-related illnesses and injuries are on the rise thanks to climate change: progressive.org/latest/helpi...

progressive.org

Helping Workers Beat the Heat

Mamdani’s initiative jumpstarts an essential discussion about the need to address a potentially deadly problem.

Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

After a couple of weeks' break, we're back to reviews: Yara Zgheib's NO LAND TO LIGHT ON (@atriabooks.bsky.social) portrays a couple's struggle to have a life under the travel ban during the first Trump administration: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

turnedpagereview.substack.com

Review of No Land to Light On by Yara Zgheib

Atria Books, 2022

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

ONE NIGHT TWO SOULS WENT WALKING (@coffeehousepress.bsky.social) shows the power of human connection, as a hospital chaplain spends a night (and a life) working to help others deal with life and loss: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

turnedpagereview.substack.com

Review of One Night Two Souls Went Walking by Ellen Cooney

Coffee House Press, 2020

Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

SMALL TOWN GIRLS wasn't what I expected, but it's a great portrayal of small town life and the importance of story: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I was trying to wait for official race photos, but this one I took should tell you how the 5K went on Saturday; if you want more of the story, go to My Type of Running: mytypeofrunning.substack.com/p/back-to-th...

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This anthology from the Cartoonist Collective in Tehran shows life during the 12-Day War, a stark reminder of what life in Iran is like right now, as well; they also tell their stories through an amazing variety of styles; read the review at @comicsjournal.bsky.social: www.tcj.com/reviews/i-wo...

I Won't Pretend These Missiles Are Stars: Life in Iran During the 12-Day War - The Comics Journal

I Won’t Pretend These Missiles Are Stars

Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Kevin Wilson's NOW IS NOT THE TIME explores how we interpret art and our own lives through Frankie and Zeke's childhood creation that doesn't go at all how they expect: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

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Review of Now is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

In BEFORE WE WERE TRANS (@hachetteus.bsky.social), @krheyam.bsky.social doesn't just want to show how trans people have existed throughout time and history, they want to question the cishet assumptions of historical studies altogether: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

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Review of Before We Were Trans by Kit Heyam

Seal Press, 2022

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Benjamin Wood's brief novel SEASCRAPER (@scribnerbooks.bsky.social) raises questions of how we live into (or chose not to live into) our legacies to discover who we are and who we could be: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

turnedpagereview.substack.com

Review of Seascraper by Benjamin Wood

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Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

It's must be a writing day, as I also received the latest issue of PERCEPTIONS with one of my poems in it; that title, by the way, comes from @sturkle.bsky.social 's interviews with high school and college students in ALONE TOGETHER

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