Brady Brickner-Wood is a writer and critic.
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SELECTED WRITING
“What Happened to the Trump Resistance?” The New Yorker
“The Hollow Allure of Spotify Wrapped” The New Yorker
“How Podcasts are Transforming the Presidential Election" The New Yorker
“How Drake Lost the Plot” The New Yorker
“Why Do Pop’s Biggest Stars Adore Michael Uzowuru?” The New York Times
“Hit Bottom” The New York Times Magazine
“In Praise of Unfinished Basements” The New York Times Magazine
FICTION
“The Good Life” Los Angeles Review of Books Quarterly
“Shrine Room” Bellevue Literary Review
“Doubting the Enterprise” Sonora Review
“New Life from Dead Things" Quarterly West
CRITICISM, ESSAYS, & JOURNALISM
Podcast: “What Does It Mean to Resist Trump in 2025?" The New Yorker
Twin Shadow’s Georgie Pitchfork
Bon Iver’s “Everything Is Peaceful Love” Pitchfork
Khari Lucas’ Take Off from Mercy Pitchfork
Bon Iver’s SABLE. Pitchfork
Role Model’s Kansas Anymore Pitchfork
“The Hosts of Journalism’s Favorite Podcast Say Goodbye” The New York Times
2hollis’ boy Pitchfork
How to Dress Well’s I Am Toward You Pitchfork
Mount Kimbie’s The Sunset Violent Pitchfork
Nourished by Time’s Catching Chickens Pitchfork
1010Benja’s Ten Total Pitchfork
Mk.gee’s Two Star & the Dream Police Pitchfork
“Skip Shot” Victory Journal
dreamTX’s Living in Memory of Something Sweet Pitchfork
John Carroll Kirby’s Blowout Pitchfork
The Japanese House’s In the End It Always Does Pitchfork
“Balmorhea’s Music is Unbound From Space and Time—but Not Texas” Texas Monthly
“Brevin Kim’s Big, Bleeding Heart” Spin
Westerman’s An Inbuilt Fault Pitchfork
James Ivy’s Everything Perfect Pitchfork
Sam Gendel’s Cookup Pitchfork
U.S. Girls’ Bless This Mess Pitchfork
“Jane Remover’s Outer Space” The FADER
“On Lil Yachty’s Psychedelic Pivot” GQ
“The Model Behind the Athleisure Label Friends With Animals” The New York Times
S.G. Lewis’ AudioLust & HigherLove Pitchfork
Metro Boomin’s Heroes & Villains Pitchfork
Beatenberg’s On the Way to Beatenberg Pitchfork
“Brockhampton Breaks Up—Twice” Texas Monthly
Phoenix’s Alpha Zulu Pitchfork
Hawa’s Hadja Bangoura Pitchfork
Dear Nora’s Human Future Pitchfork
Nick Hakim’s Cometa Pitchfork
The 1975’s Being Funny in a Foreign Language Pitchfork
Kenny Beats’ Louie Pitchfork
Lean Years’ Sides Pitchfork
“Why Bonnie’s Nostalgic Alt-Rock Searches for a Higher Meaning” Alternative Press
Tink’s Pillow Talk Pitchfork
Art Moore’s Art Moore Pitchfork
Day Wave’s Pastlife Pitchfork
Julien Baker’s B-Sides Pitchfork
Sunday Review: Ja Rule’s Pain is Love Pitchfork
“The Surprising Southern Dance Roots of Beyoncé’s Renaissance” Texas Monthly
Wet’s Pink Room Pitchfork
Logic’s Vinyl Days Pitchfork
“Drake’s Passionate, Calculated Love Affair with Houston” Texas Monthly
M Field’s Re: M Field Pitchfork
Tate McRae’s i used to think i could fly Pitchfork
Hovvdy’s Billboard for My Feeling Pitchfork
Hatchie’s Giving the World Away Pitchfork
Christian Alexander I Don’t Like You Pitchfork
BAYNK’s Adolescence Pitchfork
midwxst’s better luck next time Pitchfork
waveform*’s Last Room Pitchfork
Majid Jordan’s Wildest Dreams Pitchfork
Hovvdy’s True Love Pitchfork
“Searching for an American Epistemology in Lost in Summerland” Ploughshares
“Decoding the Silences in Gayl Jones’s Corregidora” Ploughshares
“Seeking Meaning and Survival in Something Wonderful” Ploughshares
Caleb Azumah Nelson’s Open Water Ploughshares
Joseph Andras’ Tomorrow They Won’t Dare to Murder Us Ploughshares
Emily St. John Mandel’s The Glass Hotel Ploughshares
Leonora Carrington’s The Hearing Trumpet Ploughshares
Emily Nemens’s The Cactus League Ploughshares
Jonathan Franzen’s Crossroads Chicago Review of Books
Ben Lerner's The Topeka School Porter House Review
“Look What You’ve Done: Recontextualizing Drake’s Take Care" Porter House Review
“Jenny Odell Discusses the Nature of Doing Nothing” Porter House Review
“Forever You” McNeese Review