Patrick Radden Keefe
@praddenkeefe.bsky.social
New Yorker staff writer. Author of Rogues, Empire of Pain, Say Nothing. Podcast: Wind of Change. Producer of FX series Say Nothing, now streaming on Hulu (in the US) and Disney+ (everywhere else).
New book coming April 7, 2026: London Falling.
New book coming April 7, 2026: London Falling.
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Every American needs to watch this:
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Every American needs to watch this:
Watch this, it's astonishing.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Watch this, it's astonishing.
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A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
US Book Tour dates for LONDON FALLING! If I'm in your area, please come, I'll be talking & signing and it would be great to say hi. These are ticketed events so best to line up seats in advance. Will also be coming to UK/Ireland/Australia/New Zealand/Canada in May + June. 🙏
January 29, 2026 at 3:24 PM
US Book Tour dates for LONDON FALLING! If I'm in your area, please come, I'll be talking & signing and it would be great to say hi. These are ticketed events so best to line up seats in advance. Will also be coming to UK/Ireland/Australia/New Zealand/Canada in May + June. 🙏
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“Seen as German by Germans and as French by the French, the Gothic was revered by those yearning for a lost age of faith and unity as well as by avant-gardes in search of the new.” —Beatrice Radden Keefe
The Undefined Gothic | Beatrice Radden Keefe
At the turn of the twentieth century, a Gothic fever swept Europe as artists searched for meaning in a lost age.
www.nybooks.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:19 PM
“Seen as German by Germans and as French by the French, the Gothic was revered by those yearning for a lost age of faith and unity as well as by avant-gardes in search of the new.” —Beatrice Radden Keefe
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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It’s always funny when palantir employees discover that they work at palantir
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:51 PM
It’s always funny when palantir employees discover that they work at palantir
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This is how we’re going to defeat fascism. Mass nonviolent civil resistance works.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:03 AM
This is how we’re going to defeat fascism. Mass nonviolent civil resistance works.
It is pleasing to think of Bovino picking just the right outfit (off-duty fash/golfcourse Gestapo) for the first visit to his retirement office in the Christmas Adventurers Clubhouse.
BREAKING: The Border Patrol's Greg Bovino has been ousted from his role of "Commander at Large"—and Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski could be next to lose their jobs, sources tell @nickmiroff.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 27, 2026 at 12:04 AM
It is pleasing to think of Bovino picking just the right outfit (off-duty fash/golfcourse Gestapo) for the first visit to his retirement office in the Christmas Adventurers Clubhouse.
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Thanks to Esquire for including LONDON FALLING by @praddenkeefe.bsky.social , VILLA COCO by Andrew Sean Greer, and COOL MACHINE by @colsonwhitehead.com as their most anticipated books of 2026: www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
The 22 Most Anticipated Books of 2026
This year, we’ll be blessed with new novels by Ann Patchett, Colson Whitehead, Andrew Sean Greer, and so many more celebrated authors.
www.esquire.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Thanks to Esquire for including LONDON FALLING by @praddenkeefe.bsky.social , VILLA COCO by Andrew Sean Greer, and COOL MACHINE by @colsonwhitehead.com as their most anticipated books of 2026: www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
This here👇👇👇
Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.
January 26, 2026 at 4:29 PM
This here👇👇👇
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One thing that shows you how bad ICE’s tactics are — ACTUAL cops are among the most vocal and biting in criticizing them.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 26, 2026 at 11:15 AM
One thing that shows you how bad ICE’s tactics are — ACTUAL cops are among the most vocal and biting in criticizing them.
January 26, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
On the counterproductivity of tear gas (and authoritarian brutality in general) from my book Say Nothing.
January 26, 2026 at 1:07 AM
On the counterproductivity of tear gas (and authoritarian brutality in general) from my book Say Nothing.
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Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
A paper tiger only falls if you push it.
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 9:22 PM
A paper tiger only falls if you push it.
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Happy to announce I'll be in conversation with Patrick Radden Keefe on Thursday April 16th, at 7:30pm here in Chicago. We'll be talking about his latest, the spellbinding LONDON FALLING!
Tickets are at the link in my bio!
Tickets are at the link in my bio!
January 21, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Happy to announce I'll be in conversation with Patrick Radden Keefe on Thursday April 16th, at 7:30pm here in Chicago. We'll be talking about his latest, the spellbinding LONDON FALLING!
Tickets are at the link in my bio!
Tickets are at the link in my bio!
Ireland/UK: I'm coming your way on book tour this May. Dates below. These are mostly ticketed events so if you'd like to come please sort tickets in advance. And please come! I'll also be back in Ireland in June, will post those dates once finalized. @picadorbooks.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Ireland/UK: I'm coming your way on book tour this May. Dates below. These are mostly ticketed events so if you'd like to come please sort tickets in advance. And please come! I'll also be back in Ireland in June, will post those dates once finalized. @picadorbooks.bsky.social
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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
For anyone who believes that Americans dying of overdoses is anything but a convenient pretext to these ghouls. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/h...
Trump Cuts $2 Billion in Federal Funding for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:12 AM
For anyone who believes that Americans dying of overdoses is anything but a convenient pretext to these ghouls. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/h...
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For me, it's the agent (hand on his gun, poised to shoot an innocent person) arguing "you don't even know her." Because isn't that just it? The fundamental difference between good and evil, right there. These agents speak so honestly when they're frustrated (and they're always frustrated).
Watch this video. As a short film it's got the heart attack urgency of DOG DAY AFTERNOON. But as a record of this awful moment, it captures so much: the absurdity, cruelty and horror -- but also the compassion and humanity, and the essential brave resistance I can only hope will see us through this.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
www.reddit.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:18 PM
For me, it's the agent (hand on his gun, poised to shoot an innocent person) arguing "you don't even know her." Because isn't that just it? The fundamental difference between good and evil, right there. These agents speak so honestly when they're frustrated (and they're always frustrated).
Watch this video. As a short film it's got the heart attack urgency of DOG DAY AFTERNOON. But as a record of this awful moment, it captures so much: the absurdity, cruelty and horror -- but also the compassion and humanity, and the essential brave resistance I can only hope will see us through this.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
www.reddit.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Watch this video. As a short film it's got the heart attack urgency of DOG DAY AFTERNOON. But as a record of this awful moment, it captures so much: the absurdity, cruelty and horror -- but also the compassion and humanity, and the essential brave resistance I can only hope will see us through this.
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Common Sense, published 250 years ago today.
January 10, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Common Sense, published 250 years ago today.
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“Loving,” “affectionate,” “compassionate,” “peaceful”: Renee Nicole Good was many things that the officials demonizing her, and the administration responsible for her death, are not. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
‘She was an amazing human being’: Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent
Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in Minneapolis with her partner just blocks from where she was shot.
www.startribune.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:26 PM
“Loving,” “affectionate,” “compassionate,” “peaceful”: Renee Nicole Good was many things that the officials demonizing her, and the administration responsible for her death, are not. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...