Learn more about Colum McCann's Story Swap project. When Colum McCann came to the U.S. from Ireland in the early 1980s, he set out on a cross-country bicycle trip to get to know his new country and ...

On an August morning in 1974, a man named Philippe Petit steps off of the roof of the World Trade Center's South Tower and onto a tightrope. On the ground, New Yorkers look up in disbelief as the man ...

Apeirogon, by Colum McCann Apeirogon — a shape with a “countably infinite” number of sides — turns out to be an apt if obscure title for the latest from National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann ...

WILTON – Colum (Joseph) O’Brien died peacefully at home on January 10, 2024, surrounded by his loving family. Colum was born on March 17, 1944, in Dublin Ireland, to Patrick and Bridget O’Brien. Colum ...

McCann is the author of seven novels, most recently Apeirogon, three short story collections, and the recipient of a National Book Award. He is the co-founder of the non-profit global story exchange ...

How lost are we without our devices? Or putting it more simply, as novelist Colum McCann might: just how isolated are we? His new novel "Twist" asks big questions through a story of characters ...

Colum is a Texas transplant, born and raised in New Jersey. In addition to being a West Virginia University alumnus, he is a long-suffering New York Giants, Knicks and Mets fan. He joined Yardbarker ...

Colum McCann deserts the working-class backgrounds of his Irish novels to write a fictional life of Rudolph Nureyev. He invents a dancing prose style-floating, glittering, suspended in bright air. We ...

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 ...