Regular contributor Michael Patrick MacDonald grew up in the Old Colony Housing Project in South Boston, a neighborhood that held the highest concentration of white poverty in the United States. After losing four of his eleven siblings and seeing his generation decimated by poverty, crime, addiction, and incarceration,

Michael Patrick MacDonald grew up in the Old Colony Housing Project in South Boston, a neighborhood that held the highest concentration of white poverty in the United States. After losing four of his eleven siblings and seeing his generation decimated by poverty, crime, addiction, and incarceration, he learned to trans

(7/12/21) Regular contributor to the program Michael Patrick MacDonald is the author of the book All Souls: A Family Story From Southie and the acclaimed Easter Rising: A Memoir of Roots and Rebellion. He is also a regular contributor to The Boston Globe’s op-ed page. As an activist, Michael has focused his efforts on

(1/19/21)Regular contributor to the program Michael Patrick MacDonald is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir All Souls: A Family Story From Southie. He is also a regular contributor to The Boston Globe’s op-ed page. In this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI, Michael brings us up to date wit

Regular contributor to the program Michael Patrick MacDonald is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir "All Souls: A Family Story From Southie" and the acclaimed "Easter Rising: A Memoir of Roots and Rebellion." He is also a regular contributor to The Boston Globe’s op-ed page. As an activist, Michael has

Michael Patrick MacDonald is the author of the best-selling memoir, "All Souls: A Family Story From Southie" and the acclaimed "Easter Rising: A Memoir of Roots and Rebellion." He has been awarded an American Book Award, A New England Literary Lights Award, and a fellowship at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Stud