A chorus of voices breathe new life into the story of Rudolf Nureyev, one of ballet's greatest performers, in this vibrant, imaginative patchwork of a novel by Irish expatriate McCann (This Side of ...

Join Randy Cohen, host of the popular WAMC radio show "Person Place Thing," for an engaging live taping featuring the celebrated Irish author Colum McCann. Colum McCann, known for his award-winning ...

May 14—Colum McCann cracks open the rib cage of Palestinian-Israeli violence in his excruciating novel "Apeirogon." Winner of the 2009 National Book Award for Fiction, the Irish American author is the ...

In “Believing,” The New York Times is exploring how religion and spirituality shape our lives. The reporter behind it found examples in houses of worship, in sports stadiums and at Taylor Swift ...

Colum McCann won the National Book Award for fiction Wednesday night for his novel Let the Great World Spin. At an event that was shadowed with uncertainty about the future of publishing, many of the ...

Almost 30 years ago, National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann crossed into Idaho from Wyoming on his blue, 18-speed Schwinn bicycle. His panniers were stuffed with clothes, a sleeping bag and a ...

On a gray morning in August 1974, a man stepped off the edge of the yet-to-be completed World Trade Center and into history. That morning, Philippe Petit crossed a wire stretched between the towers ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Colum McCann stands in the art deco lobby of the old Western Union headquarters in lower Manhattan. On ...

While this century’s technological advancements have made communication easier, they’ve also made more people feel lonely, a trend well underway when the pandemic arrived to make everything worse. Yet ...

The Romani poet, Zoli, is the latest heroine in Colum McCann's ongoing quest to understand the function of art. Gypsy women are not supposed to be taught to read and write. What's more, because Zoli's ...