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Colum McCann

Colum McCann is the author of numerous novels, including Let the Great World Spin, winner of the National Book Award.

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The Art of the Doorstep

by Colum McCann | Monday, January 13, 2014
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The Word Made Flesh

What writers do and what boxers do is more alike than you might imagine

by Colum McCann | Wednesday, December 01, 2010
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After the Storm

by Stephanie Bastek

In the wake of Hurricane Dorian, we’re revisiting our interview with environmental reporter Elizabeth Rush. Smarty Pants host Stephanie Bastek asks what the future looks like for America’s coastal residents, especially as climate change contributes to rising sea levels and worsening storm seasons. “The options for the people and animals in these places is stark: retreat or die,” Bastek says. “Those are the options we generally associate with far-off islands, like Fuji or Kiribati. But dramatic, life-changing climate change is happening right now in our own backyard.”