Books by Patrick Madden

Patrick Madden's unconventional essays aim to make readers laugh while considering such abstract subjects as happiness and memory, reflecting the current zeitgeist with a touch of cleverness, a dash of humor, and a little help from his friends.

Patrick Madden illuminates common actions and seemingly commonplace moments, making connections that revise and reconfigure the overlooked and underappreciated. Madden muses on the origins of human language, the curative properties of laughter, and the joys and woes of fatherhood. His book is a poetic and engaging exploration of the unexpectedly wide scope of our everyday existence.

In the beautiful valley town of Blaenavon, Julia Holland, a self-taught artist, had reached the time of life when sleeplessness was the norm.However, would her newly found love of art and a strange encounter restore the nights of peaceful sleep she so desperately craved? Or leave her desolate, without a hope?

Comprised of twelve essays that straddle the classical and the contemporary, Sublime Physick transmutes the ruder world into a finer one, articulating with subtle humor and playfulness how science and experience abut and intersect with spirituality and everyday life.