Michael O’Donnell is the author of Above the Fire (2023). His next novel, Concert Black, will be published in April 2026. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, and The Economist.
Michael O’Donnell
Articles
A Slave Empire
Brooke N. Newman’s ‘The Crown’s Silence’ dives into the long history of transatlantic atrocities committed by Charles III’s ancestors in the name of empire.
Spooking the Censors
Michael O’Donnell reads Charlie English’s “The CIA Book Club: The Secret Mission to Win the Cold War with Forbidden Literature.”
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