Patrick Bringley, ALL THE BEAUTY IN THE WORLD: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
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Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Zibby interviews author Patrick Brigley about All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me, an illuminating and beautifully written memoir about one of the world’s greatest museums and the guard who roamed its halls for a decade. Patrick shares his memories of his late brother, who died at age 28 and was the catalyst for a career change. Then, he describes what the museum, its art, and its workers taught him about himself and the world around him. Finally, he talks about the challenges of parenting, the books he likes to read, and what it was like to write this book mid-pandemic.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:06.7 | This 30-minute podcast features a new author interviewed by me every single day, 365 days a year, for about 30 minutes. |
| 0:14.9 | I am also the publisher for Zibi Books, which publishes 12 books a year in fiction and memoir. |
| 0:21.9 | Our books are already out now. |
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| 0:25.6 | And we have a magazine called Zibby Mag where we have lots of wonderful essays and lifestyle |
| 0:31.2 | features. |
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| 0:33.1 | We have classes at Zippy Classes.com. |
| 0:35.4 | And I recently opened a bookstore in L.A. called Zibby's Bookshop |
| 0:40.3 | at 1-1-1-3 Montana Avenue at 11th Street in San Monica. I hope that you are able to enjoy some of |
| 0:47.9 | our other offerings. But this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in 2018. |
| 0:56.5 | And no matter what I do, this is basically my favorite thing. Enjoy. Patrick Bringley is the author of all the beauty in the world, |
| 1:06.8 | the Metropolitan Museum of Art and me. Patrick worked for 10 years as a guard in the galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
| 1:13.4 | Prior to that, he worked in the editorial events office at the New Yorker magazine. |
| 1:17.4 | He lives with his wife and children in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. |
| 1:20.2 | All the Beauty in the World is his first book. |
| 1:22.3 | Welcome, Patrick. |
| 1:23.2 | Thanks so much for coming on Mom's Don't have time to read books to discuss all the beauty in the world, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and me. |
| 1:30.8 | Thank you for having me. It's a pleasure. |
| 1:33.0 | This was so interesting as a lifelong New Yorker to read about what it's like being a guard at the Met and all the backstory of the ins and outs of the museum. |
| 1:42.8 | So that was totally fascinating. |
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