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Colum McCann

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Colum McCann is the author of three collections of short stories and six novels, including "Apeirogon," due to be published in Spring 2020. His other books include "TransAtlantic," "Let the Great World Spin," "This Side of Brightness,""Dancer" and “Zoli,” all of which were international best-sellers.

“Let the Great World Spin” won the National Book Award in 2009. His fiction has been published in over 40 languages and has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, GQ, Paris Review and other places. He has written for numerous publications including The Irish Times, Die Zeit, La Republicca, Paris Match, The New York Times, the Guardian and the Independent.

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Colum launched the online Apeirogon Book Club last week with two Facebook live sessions. The videos are saved on his page!

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	Let the Great World Spin 3.95 avg rating — 103,641 ratings — published 2009 — 103 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	TransAtlantic 3.82 avg rating — 25,826 ratings — published 2013 — 84 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apeirogon 4.22 avg rating — 21,726 ratings — published 2020 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thirteen Ways of Looking 3.95 avg rating — 6,529 ratings — published 2015 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dancer 3.94 avg rating — 4,990 ratings — published 2003 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Side of Brightness 3.86 avg rating — 3,729 ratings — published 1998 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Letters to a Young Writer: Some Practical and Philosophical Advice 4.20 avg rating — 2,039 ratings — published 2017 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Songdogs 3.83 avg rating — 920 ratings — published 1995 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The world spins. We stumble on. It is enough.”
― Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin

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“Some people think love is the end of the road, and if you're lucky enough to find it, you stay there. Other people say it just becomes a cliff you drive off, but most people who've been around awhile know it's just a thing that changes day by day, and depending on how much you fight for it, you get it, or you hold on to it, or you lose it, but sometimes it's never even there in the first place.”
― Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin

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“The thing about love is that we come alive in bodies not our own.”
― Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin

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What shall we read in April.
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Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

27 votes, 38.6%

The Son by Philipp Meyer

15 votes, 21.4%

The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout

13 votes, 18.6%

The Lost Books of The Odyssey by Zachary Mason

10 votes, 14.3%

Bark: Stories by Lorrie Moore Colum McCann

5 votes, 7.1%

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