Podcasts about great world spin

The writer Colum McCann isn't afraid to take on big subjects – and his ambition has delivered a shelf full of awards, from both sides of the Atlantic. He grew up in Dublin but moved to the United States in the mid-1980s and now lives in New York. That city is the setting for his international bestseller Let the Great World Spin, in which Philippe Petit's tightrope walk between the Twin Towers in 1974 plays a key role. He's also written a novel about both sides of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people, from the perspectives of two fathers.He collaborated with Diane Foley, whose son James was executed by Islamic State militants, to create a memoir, American Mother, which was published last year. Most recently his novel Twist focuses on the vulnerability of the undersea cables carrying the world's internet data. Colum's music includes Gorecki, Prokofiev, Brahms and Haydn.

National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann says he chooses what to write about based on what he most wants to know. His latest novel “Twist” springs from his fascination with the underwater cables, no thicker than a garden hose, that carry some 95% of the world's telecommunications. McCann's protagonist is a journalist who goes asea to investigate a cable break off the coast of Africa after the Congo River floods. We talk to McCann about themes of sabotage and repair – both in the abyssal zone he writes about and in our lives. Guest: Colum McCann, author, “Twist”; His other novels include “Apeirogon,” “Transatlantic” and “Let the Great World Spin,” which won a National Book Award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Colum McCann first came on the podcast in 2010 to talk about his National Book Award winning novel, Let the Great World Spin. He most recently returned in 2020 with his New York Times bestseller Apeirogon. He's back this month with a stunning new novel, Twist. He joins Marrie Stone to talk about the book and his inspiration. They also discuss the need for stories in this current historical moment, why Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a book for our times, the things currently giving him hope, and how he manages to make profound statements about the world without sounding pedological. Colum also shares some of his writerly moves distinct to his style, including his weave of arcane and interesting information into his novels, his effective use of lists, his emphasis on the sound of language and sentence structure, and more. For more information on Writers on Writing and to become a supporter, visit our Patreon page. For a one-time donation, visit Ko-fi. You can find hundreds of past interviews on our website. You'll help out the show and indie bookstores by buying books at our bookstore on bookshop.org. It's stocked with titles by our guest authors, as well as our personal favorites. And on Spotify, you'll find an album's worth of typewriter music like what you hear on the show. Look for the artist, Just My Type. Email the show at writersonwritingpodcast@gmail.com. We love to hear from our listeners! (Recorded on March 28, 2025) Host: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Host: Marrie Stone Music: Travis Barrett (Stream his music on Spotify, Apple Music, Etc.)

Colum McCann's newest, Twist, explores how the world of underwater fiber cables has vital physical and metaphoric meaning in our day to day lives.  Sound dull?  We promise you, it's a literary marvel and a page turner to boot.  The men and women who live to make, repair and find these cables are fascinating characters.  And Twist is a beautiful novel all about how we can tear ourselves apart as we obsess about reparation and healing.  Is instant communication making us one community or ruining our sense of belonging?  Are we making the earth better or burning it slowly to the ground?  Tune in this week to find out. Find books mentioned on The Book Case: https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/shop/story/book-case-podcast-reading-list-118433302 Books mentioned in this week's episode: Twist by Colum McCann Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann Zoli by Colum McCann Everything in this Country Must by Colum McCann Dancer by Colum McCann TransAtlantic by Colum McCann Apierogon by Colum McCann Thirteen Ways of Looking by Colum McCann Letters to a Young Writer by Colum McCann This Side of Brightness by Colum McCann Songdogs Colum McCann Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Every year, we ask some of our regular radio friends to share Lenten reading recommendations to help give you ideas as you put together your own plan for Lent. Here are some of their ideas: Andrew Petiprin: –Prayer by Hans Urs Von Balthasar–The Portal of the Mystery of Hope by Charles Peguy–Sword of Honour by Evelyn Waugh Amy Welborn: –The daily readings from the Mass–The Habit of Being by Flannery O’Connor–Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales Danielle Bean: –No Greater Love – Edward Sri–The Power of Silence – Cardinal Robert Sarah–The Practice of the Presence of God – Br. Lawrence Amy Alznauer: The Complete Stories by Flannery O’Connor, specifically these short stories:-Temple of the Holy Ghost-A Good Man is Hard to Find-The Enduring Chill-Parker’s Back Ken Craycraft: –Let the Great World Spin by Callum McCann–Mariette in Ecstasy by Ron Hansen–The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade Matt Swaim: –The Sign of the Cross by St. Francis de Sales–Selected Poems and Prose by Gerard Manley Hopkins–Humble Strength by Dr. Kevin Vost What are you reading for Lent this year? We’d love to hear from you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What can a mother say to the cold-blooded executioner of her son? In American Mother, the heartrending story of the murdered American journalist Jim Foley, the writer Colum McCann and Diane Foley, Foley's mother and founder of the Foley Foundation, explore this terrible dilemma. This memorable conversation with Foley and McCann explores forgiveness, faith, and the moral complexities of justice. Most of all, though, it's the conversation about a mother's remarkable love for her dead son which she maintains and even redirects to his ISIS killer.Here are the five KEEN ON takeaways from our conversation with McCann and Foley:* The Power of Forgiveness: Diane Foley's ability to forgive Alexander Kotey, one of her son Jim's killers, demonstrates extraordinary grace. Her Christian faith played a crucial role in this process, though forgiveness wasn't easy or natural - it was a conscious choice that led to meaningful human connection even in the most difficult circumstances.* Policy Impact Through Tragedy: Jim Foley's death led to significant changes in U.S. hostage policy. The Foley Foundation's work has helped bring home nearly 150 Americans since 2015, and led to the creation of a formal government structure for handling hostage situations - a direct result of the Obama administration's initial failures and subsequent reforms.* The Complexity of Justice: The case highlights nuanced views on justice and the death penalty. The Foleys advocated against the death penalty for their son's killers, arguing that life imprisonment offers a chance for reflection and potential redemption, while execution would simply perpetuate cycles of violence.* Grief's Individual Journey: Diane's experience shows how grief manifests differently for each person. While her other children needed distance from the situation to heal, she channeled her grief into activism and forgiveness. Her willingness to meet her son's killer was not shared by other family members.* The Value of Journalism: Jim Foley's story underscores the importance and dangers of conflict journalism. His commitment to telling stories of people yearning for freedom in the Middle East, even after being kidnapped once in Libya, reflects the crucial role journalists play in helping the world understand complex situations and human struggles.Diane M. Foley is President and Founder of the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation, which she created in September 2014 less than a month after the public beheading by ISIS in Syria of her son James W. Foley, an American freelance conflict journalist. In 2015, she led JWFLF efforts to fund the start of Hostage US and the International Alliance for a Culture of Safety, ACOS. She actively participated in the National Counterterrorism Center hostage review which culminated in the Presidential Policy Directive-30. This directive created the current US hostage enterprise consisting of an interagency Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell, Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, and a White House Hostage Response Group to free innocent Americans taken hostage or wrongfully detained abroad. JWFLF was instrumental in the passage of the Robert Levinson Hostage Taking and Accountability Act. She has been a tireless hostage, wrongful detainee and family advocate within the US hostage enterprise, Congress, and every presidential administration since 2014. She has raised awareness of international hostage-taking and wrongful detention using the award-winning documentary, “Jim, the James Foley story”, opinion pieces in the New York Times, Washington Post and USA Today and media interviews. Diane has spoken on the power of forgiveness in various faith communities and was included in 200 Women, edited by Geoff Blackwell. She co-authored the book “American Mother” which was published in 2024 with writer Colum McCann. Diane is also the author of a chapter called, “Life For A Voice: the Work of Journalist James W. Foley through the Eyes of his Family” in Living with Precariousness, edited by Christina Lee and Susan Leong, which was published in 2023.Previously, Diane worked as a community health nurse and as a family nurse practitioner for 18 years. She received both her undergraduate and master's degrees from the University of New Hampshire. She is active in her Roman Catholic parish of St Katherine Drexel in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, where she lives with her husband, Dr. John W. Foley. She is the mother of five children.Colum McCann is the internationally bestselling author of the novels Let the Great World Spin and TransAtlantic. His newest novel, Apeirogon, will appear in 2020. It has already been acclaimed as a "transformative novel" (Raja Shehadeh). He is also the author of Zoli, Dancer, This Side of Brightness, and Songdogs, as well as three critically acclaimed story collections. His fiction has been published in more than forty languages. As well as a National Book Award winner, Colum has been a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and was the inaugural winner of the Ireland Fund of Monaco Literary Award in Memory of Princess Grace. He has been named one of Esquire's "Best and Brightest," and his short film Everything in This Country Must was nominated for an Oscar in 2005. A contributor to The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, and The Paris Review, he teaches in the Hunter College MFA Creative Writing Program. He lives in New York City with his wife and their three children.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting the daily KEEN ON show, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy interview series. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

Kieran is joined by one of Ireland's best authors for the Election Special in New York City. You know him from books such as Apeirogon, TransAtlantic and Let the Great World Spin. He's been living in the Big Apple for over three decades.Colum McCann, Irish Author and Founder of Narrative 4, joins Kieran to discuss.

En guise de consolation, les fans d'Aerosmith peuvent désormais regarder le dernier concert donné par le groupe. Indochine vient d'annoncer un concert pour 300 personnes, dans un endroit tenu secret, pour dévoiler dix de leurs nouveaux titres en avant-première.Le groupe The Killers sort un tout nouveau titre, "Bright Lights" en amont de sa résidence à Las Vegas pour les 20 ans de "Hot Fuss". Le bassiste des Red Hot Chili Peppers, Flea, s'est confié sur celui qu'il considère comme "le plus grand bassiste de rock". Brian May va présenter une émission de la BBC consacrée à son travail dans le domaine de la tuberculose bovine. Sting a présenté en avant-première une nouvelle chanson intitulée "Let the Great World Spin" lors d'un évènement dans une cathédrale de Manhattan. --- Classic 21 vous informe des dernières actualités du rock, en Belgique et partout ailleurs. Le Journal du Rock, chaque jour à 7h30 et 18h30. Merci pour votre écoute Pour écouter Classic 21 à tout moment : www.rtbf.be/classic21 Retrouvez tous les contenus de la RTBF sur notre plateforme Auvio.be Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org    Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Susan Balla, Circulation Manager and Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Sue: THE GARDEN TOURIST: 120 DESTINATION GARDENS AND NURSERIES IN THE NORTHEAST  by Jana Milbocker D-DAY-THE UNHEARD TAPES by Geraint Jones NORMANDY '44: D-DAY AND THE EPIC 77-DAY BATTLE FOR FRANCE by James Holland THE STONE WITCH OF FLORENCE by Anna Rasche Due out in October AFTER OZ by Gordon McAlpine COMING AUGUST 6, 2024  BEAR by Julia Phillips COMING JUNE 25 2024  DISAPPEARING EARTH- also by Julia Phillips  THE WIDE WIDE SEA by Hampton Sides April 2024 Other titles: On Desperate Ground, In the Kingdom of Ice, Blood and Thunder, and Ghost Soldiers THE HUNTER'S DAUGHTER by Nicola Solvinic Out May 14, 2024 MURDER AT AN IRISH CHIPPER by Carlene O'Connor Out February 2024   #10 in Irish Village Mystery Series A MURDER MOST FRENCH by Colleen Cambridge   Out in April   An American in Paris #2 Led me to…  WINE AND WAR: WINE AND WAR: THE FRENCH, THE NAZIS, AND THE BATTLE FOR FRANCE'S GREATEST TREASURE Don Kladstrup INCIDENTS AROUND THE HOUSE by Josh Malerman out June 25, 2024 bestselling author of Bird Box LOOKING FORWARD TO: THE GREY WOLF by Louise Penny         October 29 BLOOD LIKE MINE by Stuart Neville                August 6 author of The Ghosts of Belfast. Also writes as Haylen Beck. THE LIFE IMPOSSIBLE : A NOVEL by MATT HAIG ON SALE DATE: SEPTEMBER 3, 2024 SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE SEA by TJ KLUNE SERIES: CERULEAN CHRONICLES (#2) SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 Claudia: American Mother by Colum McCann & Diane Foley Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson Twilight Garden by Sara Nisha Adams The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton Guncle Abroad by Stephen Rowley Funny Story by Emily Henry Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear Philip: In Tongues by Thomas Grattan Wildful by Kengo Kurimato Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style by Paul Rudnick

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Colum McCann's seven novels and three collections of short stories have been published in over forty languages and received some of the world's most prestigious literary awards and honours, including the National Book Award for his novel Let the Great World Spin in 2013. TransAtlantic was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2013, and his most recent novel, Apeirogon, also longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, is an international bestseller on four continents. In his new book, McCann tells the story of Diane Foley, mother of American journalist James Foley, who was kidnapped in northern Syria, and murdered by ISIS in a public beheading that would ricochet in video around the world. A testament to the power of radical empathy and moral courage, American Mother takes us inside one woman's extraordinary journey to find connection in a world torn asunder, and to fight for others as a way to keep her son's memory alive. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

If you are a mystery fan who hasn't read Tana French, then you have missed one of the great modern mystery writers of our time. American by birth and Irish by residence, her Irish set mysteries will both haunt you and keep you guessing. Her newest, The Hunter, is one of her best, a rousing combination of a murder mystery and heist suspense. She tells us what motivates her and how she does what she does time and time again. Our bookstore is The Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Books mentioned in this week's episode: In the Woods by Tana French The Likeness by Tana French Faithful Place by Tana French The Searcher by Tana French The Secret Place by Tana French Broken Harbor by Tana French The Witch Elm by Tana French The Trespasser by Tana French The Hunter by Tana French The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith Life After Life by Kate Atkinson The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann I Will Surprise My Friend! by Mo Willems The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we welcome Colum McCann, the National Book Award-winning author of Let the Great World Spin, and the Booker Prize-nominated Apeirogon, to discuss his first non-fiction book, American Mother. which tells the story of Diane Foley – mother of beheaded journalist James Foley – who has come face-to-face with her son's killer and continues to campaign for the safety of journalists and revised government hostage policy.   Colum McCann's seven novels and three collections of short stories have been published in over forty languages and received some of the world's most prestigious literary awards and honours.Libreria wishes to thank Bloomsbury publishing and Colum McCann for the opportunity to record this conversation at Bloomsbury's headquarters in London. 

It's again time for another Blue Dot Book Club episode! Miriam Robertson is back with Graylin and Leah to talk about their favorites reads of 2023 so far. THINGS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: This Human Season by Louise Dean Foster by Claire Keegan STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World by Dan Lyons Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday Unraveling by Peggy Orenstein SecondHand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexievich Laundry Love by Patric Richardson Bear Came Along by Richard T Morris

The customers are cranking through the Shop at 9 a.m. on Monday morning as Hannah is literally live from the Book Shop (yay, mute button) and we are ready to crank through some books, starting first with "TransElectric," the revelatory musician memoir from Cidny Bullens, who used to be Cindy Bullens (and we talk about that), back-up singer to Elton John (we talk about "Me," as well) and so much more. Then comes a bunch of stuff about books that come out in September, including "Amazing Grace Adams" (let's hear it for perimenopausal women!) and the new Lauren Groff (it's miserable — in a good way! And it is based in Virginia, yes). This leads into a sidebar on why it's hard to handsell "Chain-Gang All-Stars," but we come up with a way to do it. Then Hannah tells us a story about someone buying 500 copies of TJ Newman's "Falling" from an indie bookstore as a way to talk about "Drowning," which is her new book, and a way to mildy apologize for slagging "Falling" last year — "shame on me; I'm not always right." Finally, we wrap up with the "laugh-out-loud" book, "The Rachel Incident," which comes out later this month and is like "Sally Rooney, but funny," and leads to the question, "Do British people like American swearing as much as I like British swearing?" Oh, and Sam doesn't like the National Book Award-winning "Let the Great World Spin."

On this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson speaks to Patricia Fortier, Nick Coghlan, and Chris Roberts about the crisis in Sudan and Canada's response. Participants bios: Patricia Fortier is a CGAI Fellow. https://www.cgai.ca/patricia_fortier Chris Roberts is a CGAI Fellow. https://profiles.ucalgary.ca/chris-w-j-roberts Nick Coghlan is a retired Canadian diplomat. https://www.bosunbird.com/about/ What our guests are reading: Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/110437/let-the-great-world-spin-by-colum-mccann/ Hayek: A LIfe – https://www.amazon.ca/Hayek-Life-1899-1950-Bruce-Caldwell/dp/0226816826 Diplomatic Baggage by Brigid Keenan – https://www.bloomsbury.com/ca/diplomatic-baggage-9781526654892/ Host biography Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, https://www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson Read and Watch: Recording Date: 5 May 2023. Give 'The Global Exchange' a review on Apple Podcast! Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on Linkedin. Head over to our website www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Ph

We discuss some of the best books about or set in New York City to recommend to newcomers or longtime residents hoping to learn more about the city they call home. Julie Golia, the associate director of manuscripts, archives, and rare books and the Charles J. Liebman curator of manuscripts for The New York Public Library, shares some of her favorite titles and we take listener suggestions. Also, the library created its own list of 125 books to celebrate their 125th anniversary year. Here's a list of all the NYC books discussed in this conversation: "City of Girls" by Elizabeth Gilbert "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" by Michael Chabon "The Fortress of Solitude" by Jonathan Lethem "Lush Life" by Richard Price "Let the Great World Spin" by Colum McCann "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith "Another Brooklyn" by Jacqueline Woodson "The Bonfire of the Vanities" by Tom Wolfe "The Colossus of New York" by Colson Whitehead "The New York Trilogy" by Paul Auster "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald "Motherless Brooklyn" by Jonathan Lethem "A Little Life" by Hanya Yanagihara "The New York Nobody Knows" by William B. Helmreich "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger "The House of Mirth" by Edith Wharton

We're back from an unplanned hiatus with our continuing series on Annie's Twelve Embodiments of Yoga. This month, Jen and Annie are chatting about the role of wonder and whimsy in practice. Jen is a little skeptical, especially with whimsy, having generally approached her practice as a serious endeavor. Listen in to see if Annie can bring her around. Mentioned on the Show:"Yoga and the Quest for the True Self" by Stephen Cope"Wonder – is not precisely Knowing" by Emily DickinsonWhat We're Reading:"Let the Great World Spin" by Colum McCann"This Side of Brightness" by Colum McCann"Apeirogon" by Colum McCannMurderbot Diaries by Martha C. Wells"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine"A Desolation Called Peace" by Arkady Martine~ ~ ~We love to hear from you! Reach out to us on  Facebook and Instagram. We also welcome your messages at feedback@skillfulmeanspodcast.com or in our voicemail box on SpeakPipe.You can get in touch with Jen through her website (http://www.sati.yoga). Find Annie at  Sun & Moon Yoga Studio (https://www.sunandmoonstudio.com) on Wednesday nights (in person or online) for meditation and dharma talks.

It's officially tax season and it's time to get all of your paperwork together. W2s, W9s, 1099s - what are all of these documents? Tax practitioner Aaron Smyle joins us today to offer tax advice, define the differences between employees and independent contractors, and what you need to do to set your business up for success. Aaron Smyle MBA, MST is an Enrolled Agent (EA), a federally-authorized tax practitioner who has technical expertise in the field of taxation and is empowered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to represent taxpayers before all administrative levels of the Internal Revenue Service for audits, collections, and appeals. ***

In conversation with Colum McCann ''The heir to Nabokov'' (The Sunday Telegraph), Irish novelist John Banville won the Man Booker Prize for The Sea, a story of loss and the fickle nature of memory. His many other novels include The Book of Evidence, Mrs. Osmond, The Untouchable, and April in Spain. He has earned the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Irish PEN Award, the Franz Kafka Prize, and the Prince of Asturias Award, Spain's most prestigious literary honor. A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Banville is also an acclaimed playwright, nonfiction writer, screenwriter, and crime novelist. In The Singularities, a mysterious man with a borrowed name returns to the estate of his youth to find it occupied by the descendants of a famous but controversial scientist. Colum McCann won the 2009 National Book Award for Let the Great World Spin. His other novels include Song Dogs, This Side of Brightness, and the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted TransAtlantic . His most recent novel, Apeirogon, was a New York Times bestseller and won the Prix Montluc, the Elle Prize, and the Jewish National Book Award.The Thomas Hunter Writer in Residence at Hunter College in New York and the co-founder of the non-profit global story exchange organization Narrative 4, McCann has written for The New Yorker, Esquire, and the Paris Review, among other publications. (recorded 11/4/2022)

Let Season 4 of Ozark commence! We begin with a flash forward to the future where something seriously terrible seems to be happening to the Byrdes! Then, we zip right back to where we left Marty and Wendy at the end of Season 4... covered in Helen's brains. After Wendy delicately dabs away ineffectually (sorry, Wen, but I think you're gonna need to wash that hair), we're introduced to the WORST new character, Javi.  Back home, Ruth is wheelin' and dealin', while finding the just the right goat cookie jar to keep Ben's ashes. We meet another new character, Mel, the private investigator, and say goodbye to an old one, Sheriff Nix (oh Nix, you weren't very good at your job).  Wendy cooks up a deal with big pharma, threatens Agent Maya, and tries to connect with a very angry Jonah. Check out our merch! TV is Awesome at Spreadshop: tv-is-awesome.myspreadshop.com[TV is Awesome Season 2: Episode 22]

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Join our hosts Jamie G and Magnum Mills as they talk about the second episode of Season 4 of 'Ozark'; "The Let the Great World Spin". SPOILER ALERT: This podcast WILL SPOIL all events from all of the first three seasons of 'Ozark' as well as Episodes One and Two of Season Four. Please make sure that you are following us as the final season has begun!Thanks again for listening, you can find us on Social Media @OzarkPodcast.Find our YouTube Channel at JoeBlowFootballShow.com

Ranger Rick informs us that the Gunther story is fake news.  Should've known. Well, they fooled AP and CBS, too. Del is crushed that the wedding is off. Del has a  flashback about Pee Wee Herman, a comic genius in his day.  Dave remembers where Pee wee's red bicycle is today-Bicycle Heaven in Pittsburgh.Dave finds a story in a cycling magazine that says BMW drivers have the most psychopathic tendencies.  You know who you are.   If you're not sure about yourself, you can find the test here.  Dave took the test but can't remember his score.  Listeners are challenged to take the test and send their scores to buckstwoold@gmail.com.  Highest score goes directly to jail.   CEOs are excluded from the competition for obvious reasons.Dave tips the antlers to the Bike Boys, who refurbish bicycles for the Salvation Army. You can read a story about them here.Del orders a wooden watch. Dave is not surprised. Will an asteroid hit the earth? We hope not but, as they say, hope is not a strategy. Learn more here.  This reminds Del of Elon Musk's Tesla [Starman]  launched into space. The fact checkers confirm that Del is correct that the Tesla is in a 557 day  orbit about the sun. Dave loved the book, Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann. The mini-series Gloria on Netflix is a cold war CIA vs. KGB story set in Gloria, Portugal. Or is it a love story?

The influence of Alexa – the voice-powered artificial intelligence assistant – among aging adults who live alone is the focal point of a recent study by Dr. Valerie Jones of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In this interview, the associate professor in the school's College of Journalism and Mass Communications talks about the basic components of the study, the Alexa guide provided to help the senior citizens use the device regularly, and the implications the results can have for society. View PDF TranscriptValerie's Recommendations:- Apeirogon and Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCannShuva's Recommendation:- The Last Dance Netflix seriesIf you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Check out guest recommendations on Pinterest. Finally, you can support the show through Patreon or leave a tip on the Goodpods app.Interested in starting your own podcast? Sign up here for your own Buzzsprout account.

Colum McCann's stunning novel, “Let the Great World Spin” (winner of the National Book Award for fiction) debuted right around this time of year back in 2009, and so this week we look back on his visit to the National Writers Series in June of 2013. McCann sat down with Leigh Haber, Books Editor for O, the Oprah Magazine, for a charming and wide-ranging discussion at the City Opera House. They covered everything from the perils of being an optimist to the topic he doesn't want to invite Dr. Freud in to discuss; on why he rereads "Ulysses" every year (plus why read the naughty parts to a dead friend) and his need to “murder” a book to create a screenplay of it (for no less than JJ Abrams). If you enjoyed this discussion, we recommend you check out McCann's nonprofit group Narrative 4, which connects writers, musicians and artists with groups of students around the globe (something close to our heart here at the NWS). Thanks for listening, and don't forget to subscribe and give us a 5-star rating! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nationalwritersseries/message

Listen in this week as Annie and The Bookshelf staffers celebrate Independent Bookstore Day by sharing their favorite things about indie bookstores and the books they love to sell. The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf. The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune Furious Hours by Casey Cep Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Calb 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett House Lessons by Erica Bauermeister From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.  A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here. Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.  This week, Annie is reading The Trouble with Hating You by Sajni Patel. If you liked what you heard on today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter, follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic, and receive free media mail shipping on all your online book orders. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week.

New & Notable Books brings you book recommendations from Rhode Island Librarians. Listen to new reviews every week, and find something wonderful to read. The Best of Modern Irish Fiction with Mary Anne • Let the Great World Spin and TransAtlantic by Colum McCann • The Sea and Snow by John Banville • The Gathering and Actress by Anne Enright • Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha and Love by Roddy Doyle • Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married and Grown Ups by Marian Keyes • Room and The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue • Light a Penny Candle and A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy • The Devil I Know by Claire Kilroy • In the Woods and The Trespasser by Tana French --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rhodyradio/message

Marcia Franklin talks with Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin. Called the "first great 9/11 novel" and winner of the 2009 National Book Award for fiction, the novel weaves together the stories of fictional characters all living in New York City in 1974 during the week Philippe Petit made his famous tightrope walk between the Twin Towers. Although the book barely mentions the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, it is considered an homage to that day and its effect on the country. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 12/8/2011 The interview is part of Dialogue’s series “Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference” and was taped at the 2011 conference. Since 1995, the conference has been bringing together some of the world’s most well-known and illuminating authors to discuss literature and life.

Simon and Rachel speak with Colum McCann, who is the author of six novels and three collections of stories. His novel, "TransAtlantic", was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2013, and his previous novel, "Let the Great World Spin", won the National Book Award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and was a New York Times bestseller. His work has been published in 40 languages and he teaches on the MFA program at Hunter College in New York. We spoke with Colum, who was born in Dublin but now lives in New York, about his fiction, his teaching and his new, genre-busting novel "Apeirogon". http://colummccann.com/ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/feb/24/apeirogon-a-novel-by-colum-mccann-book-review http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/creativewriting/ You can find us online at alwaystakenotes.com, on Twitter @takenotesalways, and on Facebook at facebook.com/alwaystakenotes. Our crowdfunding page is patreon.com/alwaystakenotes. Always Take Notes is presented by Simon Akam and Rachel Lloyd, and produced by Nicola Kean. Our social media is run by Eoin Redahan. Our music is by Jessica Dannheisser and our logo was designed by James Edgar.

Colum McCann, whose latest novel is Apeirogon, in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. This is the story of two men, Rami Elhanan, an Israeli, and Bassam Aramin, a Palestinian, best of friends, who have been traveling the world attempting to bring about peace in Israel and the Occupied Territories. Apeirogon is only tangentially a novel. These are real people and this reads more like augmented non-fiction. Colum McCann is the National Book Award winning author of “Let the Great World Spin,” “Zoli,” “Thirteen Ways of Looking” and other books. Special thanks to Richard Lavin for post-production assistance.   The post Colum McCann: Apeirogon appeared first on KPFA.

Bookwaves Colum McCann, whose latest novel is Apeirogon, is interviewed by host Richard Wolinsky. This is the story of two men, Rami Elhanan, an Israeli, and Bassam Aramin, a Palestinian, best of friends, who have been traveling the world attempting to bring about peace in Israel and the Occupied Territories. Apeirogon is only tangentially a novel. These are real people and this reads more like augmented non-fiction. Colum McCann is the National Book Award winning author of “Let the Great World Spin,” “Zoli,” “Thirteen Ways of Looking” and other books. 41- minute complete interview.   Arts-Waves Terrence McNally (1938-2020) died on March 24, 2020 of complications from COVID-19. A prolific playwright and librettist, among his works are Frankie and Johnny at the Claire de Lune, The Ritz, Lips Together Teeth Apart, Lisbon Traviata and Master Class. Among his musicals are Ragtime, Anastasia, A Man of No Importance, and The Rink. In this interview conducted by Richard Wolinsky on March 18, 2004, he discusses his history as a playwright as well as his process as a librettist, and his work as an activist writer, most notably for gay causes. 49-minute complete interview   The post Bookwaves/Artwaves – April 2, 2020: Colum McCann; Terrence McNally appeared first on KPFA.

Christopher journeys south to Inyo's Alabama Hills; Christopher and Stacey throw Colum McCann's Let the Great World Spin around; O2S visits Mono County Behavioral Health's Sofia Flores.

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann! The Rocky Horror Picture Show! Home of the Strange by Young the Giant! Rory’s Recommendation of the Week: Mirror of My Soul by Lucifer’s Playlist Heidi’s Recommendation of the Week: The Phillip Marlowe novels by Raymond Chandler Follow along on Twitter and Instagram: @Spoilers_Ahead_  You can get Spoilers Ahead stickers at hidturner.com/store. MERCH! Don’t forget to leave us a review on the Podcasts App! 

In Episode 40, Byrd Leavell (Talent Agent at United Talent Agency) talks about the business of publishing, the truth behind publisher marketing dollars, and shares holiday book recommendations for husbands / dads / sons / boyfriends. This post contains affiliate links, through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). Announcement Links 2020 Rock Your Reading Tracker Support the blog on Patreon to get year-end bonus podcast episodes. Highlights How Byrd got into the agency business. The differences in working for a bigger (where he is now) vs. smaller agency (where he started). Where in the process the marketing budget is decided on. The truth about publishers’ marketing budgets. How book deals for Internet personalities work. The “business” of publishing a book. What do you do as an agent when a book is not selling like you hoped? How Byrd’s personal reading taste is different from the types of books he’s looking to sign as clients. Sarah’s theory of experience living in NYC correlating with liking Fleishman is in Trouble. Byrd’s list of books to buy for Dads / husbands / boyfriends / brothers / sons. Our views on memoirists using ghostwriters. If authors / publishers / agents care what format a book sells in. Byrd’s Book Recommendations Two OLD Books He Loves  Author Herman Wouk (The Winds of War and War and Remembrance) | Buy from Amazon [21:53] The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin | Buy from Amazon [23:46] Two NEW Books He Loves Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fineby Gail Honeyman (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [27:27] Cemetery Road by Greg Isles | Buy from Amazon [29:03] One Book He DIDN’T Love The Institute by Stephen King | Buy from Amazon [31:38] One NEW RELEASE He’s Excited About Nothing to See Hereby Kevin Wilson (Released October 29, 2019, My Review)| Buy from Amazon [33:16] Other Books Mentioned Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern | Buy from Amazon [13:12] The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek by Rhett McLaughlin & Link Neal | Buy from Amazon [15:02] Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered by Karen Kilgariff & Georgia Hardstark | Buy from Amazon [16:36] Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis | Buy from Amazon [19:40] Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?by Alyssa Mastromonaco | Buy from Amazon [19:56] Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [20:59] Fleishman is in Troubleby Taffy Brodesser-Akner (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [20:59] Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann | Buy from Amazon [21:10] Majorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk | Buy from Amazon [23:17] Fleishman is in Troubleby Taffy Brodesser-Akner (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [25:21] Natchez Burning by Greg Isles (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [29:36] The Bone Tree by Greg Isles (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [29:36] Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes | Buy from Amazon [30:38] Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell | Buy from Amazon [31:00] The North Water by Ian McGuire | Buy from Amazon [31:08] The Son by Philipp Meyer | Buy from Amazon [31:29] American Rust by Philipp Meyer | Buy from Amazon [31:29] The Outsider by Stephen King | Buy from Amazon [32:03] American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins | Buy from Amazon [33:23] Other Links United Talent Agency Radcliffe Publishing Program (now “Columbia Publishing Course”) Waxman Leavell (Byrd’s former literary agency) How Stuff Works Podcast network Holly Root (fiction literary agent) My Favorite Murder podcast  Sarah’s Books for Guys List Authors Byrd likes: Jonathan Lethem, George Saunders About Byrd Twitter A literary agent at UTA (United Talent Agency), Byrd Leavell started in book publishing 19 years ago and in that time has overseen major bestsellers across multiple categories. His clients include Andrew Yang, Guy Raz, Aubrey Marcus, Cat Marnell, Tiffany Haddish, Brian Kilmeade, Matt Taibbi, Drew Magary, Adam Savage, Mat Best, Rich Roll and Julie Piatt, Justin Halpern, Amirah Kassem, and Rob Elliott – whose LOL series has sold more than 2.5 million copies. Support the Podcast Support on Patreon – When you support the podcast on Patreon for $5/month, get bonus podcast episodes and other goodies! ShareIf you like the podcast, I’d love for you to share it with your reader friends…in real life and on social media (there’s easy share buttons at the bottom of this post!). Subscribe …wherever you listen to podcasts, so new episodes will appear in your feed as soon as they’re released. Rate and ReviewSearch for “Sarah’s Book Shelves” in Apple Podcasts…or wherever you listen to podcasts!

Three librarians from the Glenview Public Library discuss what they've read: Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks, The Road to Perdition by Max Allan Collins, and Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann.

This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Let the Great World Spin. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Books discussed on the show: The Vexations by Caitlin Horrocks The Good Lord Bird by James McBride Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann Saint Maizie by Jami Attenberg All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami Fever by Mary Beth Keane Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane Fallen Beauty by Erika Robuck

LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN by Colum McCann & WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE by Shirley Jackson Bailey, Toby, and Andrew talk about interconnected stories, the characters we love but would never want to meet, and what we do with our dust jackets. Oh yeah, and we break down LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN and WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE!

Episode 43: Ginger Dehlinger; Poet, Historical & Contemporary Fiction   In This Episode, You’ll Hear: (Podcast run time 42 minutes) :53 - Introduction to Ginger Dehlinger 3:30 - Ginger shares about her history teaching background & her moving to New York City 5:30- Ginger talks about her diversity in her writing genres  5:49 - Vikki & Ginger discuss genres  8:15 - Ginger takes us through her writing process 12:02- Ginger shares about her publishing journey 17:33 -  Ginger gives advice about the publishing experience 20:15 - Ginger shares about her support group 23:30 - Ginger talks about her inspiration 24:39 - Ginger discusses her presentation she created about finding inspiration from family photos & other documents  26:22- Ginger shares about the book she is reading, Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann 28:07 - Ginger shares her titles and reads from Brute Heart   Connect with Ginger Dehlinger: Ginger’s Website – http://gdehlinger.blogspot.com   Resources Mentioned in the Podcast: Women Writing the West: http://www.womenwritingthewest.org   Podcast Music Credits: Title: Amazing Plan by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/   Thanks For Listening Thanks for listening!. If you have something you’d like to share with me, please connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or our website. Write a review on iTunes.

Liz Bohannon is the founder of Sseko Designs, a company that designs and sells footwear, accessories, bags, and more — but it’s not just a basic retail model. It’s a fashion brand based in Uganda, and Liz founded it as a way to generate income for high potential, talented young women in Uganda to continue on to university. And it's worked! Every woman who’s graduated from Sseko has gone on to pursue higher education and is on her way to making our world a more beautiful place. Links From This Episode: Sseko Designs Sseko Designs on Instagram Liz Bohannon on Instagram Tsh on Twitter & Instagram The Baby Catcher by Peggy Vincent Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann Kindly leave a review Become a patron: Support this podcast + get access to my secret show Sign up for 5 Quick Things, the weekly email For any links and codes from our lovely sponsors, head here.

Watch the video here. In conversation with Jason Freeman, program associate, author events Colum McCann won the 2009 National Book Award for Let the Great World Spin, a tale of 1970s New Yorkers marveling at a tightrope walker's death-defying feats. His other novels include Song Dogs, This Side of Brightness, and the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted TransAtlantic, a ''beautifully constructed tapestry of life'' (The Seattle Times) spanning centuries, oceans, and continents. Currently a Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at Hunter College in New York, McCann has written for The New Yorker, Esquire, and the Paris Review, among other publications. His new essay collection brings this vast accumulation of experience to bear in a pragmatic guide for aspiring writers.  (recorded 4/3/2017)

Episode Seventeen Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine – Just Read – It’s Okay to Laugh (Crying is Cool Too) – Nora McInerny (EF) Aaron Joseph Purmort’s obituary Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis – J.D. Vance (CW) History of Wolves – Emily Fridlund (EF) Shiver Hitch – Linda Greenlaw (EF & CW) The Grand Central Baking Book – Piper Davis and Ellen Jackson (EF) Georgia – Dawn Tripp (EF) – Currently Reading/Listening – The Gypsy Moth Summer – Julia Fierro (CW) Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home – Rhoda Janzen (EF) (audio) – Biblio Adventures – May 23 – Girls Write Now Awards Awards were given to: Zadie Smith, Sophia Amoruso, Ilana Glazer, Melissa Harris-Perry, Abbi Jacobson Melissa Harris-Perry’s most recent OpEd in the NY Times Girls Write Now Anthologies May 26 – Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore and Russell Library May 31-June 2 – Book Expo Conference Sessions from Book Expo: Adult Editor’s Buzz The First Amendment Resistance Presented by PEN America An Evening With Hillary Rodham Clinton Book Reviews: The Diversity of Race, Ethnicity and Sexual Orientation Anti Oppression Web Tool WTF is Happening, Senator Franken Chris went to her niece’s graduation at Williams College where the commencement speaker was Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche. Listen to it here. Chris went out West and visited three bookstores: Godfather’s Books and Espresso in Astoria, OR Powell’s in Portland, OR Green Bean Books in Portland, OR Emily went up to Maine and visited three bookstores (and chased Linda Greenlaw to no avail): Library Bookstore in Bath, ME Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shops and Cafe in Damariscotta, ME Print: A Bookstore in Portland, ME – Upcoming Jaunts – June 14 – Chris will head to RJ Julia Bookstore to see Linda Greenlaw author of Shiver Hitch June 29 – Emily will head to Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore to see Weike Wang author of Chemistry – Upcoming Reads – Foxlowe – Eleanor Wasserberg (CW) The Standard Grand – Jay Baron Nicorvo (CW) The Immortalists – Chloe Benjamin (EF) An American Marriage – Tayari Jones (EF) – Also Mentioned – Let the Great World Spin and TransAtlantic - Colum McCann Silver Sparrow – Tayari Jones Queer, There and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World – Sarah Prager Plainsong – Kent Haruf Honey Paw Restaurant in Portland, OR

To mark the occasion of Colum McCann winning the 2011 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award with his book Let the Great World Spin, Pearse Street Library played host to a reading by Colum McCann and a question and answer session between Niall MacMonagle and the author. In this fascinating session Colum talks about his personal experience of 911, and how he chose to confront it obliquely in his writing, rather than head on as Roth and DeLillo chose to do. He discusses the process of developing and managing the many characters, voices and narrative strands of Let the Great World Spin. The conversation then turns to the issues of identity and place and a familiar motif in Irish writing, the writer leaving home to live and write abroad.

Colum McCann is the author of six novels and three collections of stories. His most recent collection, "Thirteen Ways of Looking" has received rave international reviews, including a Pushcart Prize and selection in the Best American Short Stories of 2015. In her review, The New York Times critic Sarah Lyall praised the author: “Mr. McCann is a writer of power and subtlety and beauty best known for his National Book Award-winning novel “Let the Great World Spin,” which took a large cast of disparate characters in New York City in the 1970s and beyond, plunged the reader headlong into their messy, troubled, often quietly heroic lives and then showed how they all fit together. At the March 2016 Narrative Medicine Rounds event, McCann will talk about writing and his work as co-founder of the non-profit global story exchange organization, Narrative 4. The writer, who was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, has been the recipient of many international honors, including the National Book Award, the International Dublin Impac Prize, a Chevalier des Arts et Lettres from the French government, election to the Irish arts academy, several European awards, the 2010 Best Foreign Novel Award in China, and an Oscar nomination. He teaches at the MFA program in Hunter College.

Irish-born author Colum McCann’s novels are known for a stunning use of language, empathic power in describing loss and grief, and an almost cathartic effect on readers. His National Book Award–winning novel Let the Great World Spin is considered an American masterpiece. McCann’s latest, Thirteen Ways of Looking, includes four pieces of short fiction that form a tribute to the search for meaning in a world of chance occurrences as well as to the healing power of storytelling. Publishers Weekly, in its starred review, declares that these new stories prove McCann’s standing as “a master with a poet’s ear, a psychologist’s understanding, and a humanitarian’s conscience.” Join Colum McCann as he discusses Thirteen Ways of Looking with Claire Messud, author of the award-winning The Woman Upstairs. Sponsored by the Boston Public Library. From the 2015 Boston Book Festival, October 24, 2015.

Bookrageous Episode 84; Historicals What We're Reading Jenn [0:45] Sacred Games, Vikram Chandra [1:51] Pandemic, Sonia Shah (February 23 2016) [3:05] Pandemic board game [3:55] Getting Things Done, David Allen Josh [4:30] Judge This, Chip Kidd [6:30] American Housewife, Helen Ellis [7:55] Eating the Cheshire Cat, Helen Ellis [8:15] The Noble Hustle, Colson Whitehead [8:25] On the Books, Greg Farrell [10:20] Plotted: A Literary Atlas, Andrew Degraff Preeti [13:00] Knulp, Herman Hesse [14:40] Bucky Barnes: Winter Soldier, Ales Kott, Marco Rudy [16:20] Amazing Spider-Man, Dan Slott ----- Historicals [23:50] The Wake, Paul Kingsnorth [27:00] A Magnificent Farce, Alfred Edward Newton [27:45] The Memoirs of Cleopatra, Margaret George [28:45] Sharon Kay Penman [29:40] Saint Mazie, Jami Attenberg [30:25] The Agony and the Ecstasy, Irving Stone [32:00] WWII: Number the Stars, Lois Lowry; The Book Thief, Markus Zusak; Code Name Verity, Elizabeth E. Wein [32:45] Magic Tree House series [33:35] The Bad Popes, ER Chamberlin [35:20] Cleopatra, Stacy Schiff [36:00] The Witches, Stacy Schiff [37:15] Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, James Loewen [37:25] Kenneth C. Davis books [39:55] Pandemic, Sonia Shah (February 23 2016) [42:10] Mary Stewart's Arthurian Saga [42:48] Hild, Nicola Griffith [43:42] Debt, David Graeber [44:10] The Utopia of Rules, David Graeber [44:50] Colum McCann: Dancer, Transatlantic, Let the Great World Spin [45:45] Studs Terkel [46:02] Please Kill Me, Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain [46:29] The Ibis Trilogy, Amitav Ghosh [47:20] K Blows Top, Peter Carlson [48:16] Terra Nostra, Carlos Fuentes [49:40] Courtney Milan, Beverly Jenkins, Sarah MacLean [50:50] Georgette Heyer [52:55] Walk on Earth a Stranger, Rae Carson [55:02] Ellen Oh: Warrior, Prophecy [55:45] Under a Painted Sky, Stacey Lee [57:50] Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey Maturin novels --- Find Us! Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323. Find Us Online: Josh, Preeti, Jenn Get Bookrageous schwag at CafePress

Episode #47 I like the heft of books in my hand. I like the smooth feel of their pages and the artistry of their covers. But most of all, I love the escape that their stories provide. I’m going to make more time for books this year. The October focus for the 30-Day Challenge is to set teaching goals and personal ones as well. But it is not just about setting them, it is about achieving them. I’m challenging myself to read one book a month and I’m counting on others in the group to hold me accountable. That’s why I’m writing this post. It is the first step in my accountability process. The next step, starting October 1st, is to read Kafka on the Shore. Then, as the day winds down and my son is tucked in bed, I will retire to the couch with Murakiami’s novel and in doing so, escape the frenzied grip of social media. Studies show that reading sharpens and strengthens brain function and expands one’s vocabulary, but that’s not why I do it. Those are added benefits but not the primary reasons. Nor do I do it to escape the base and superficial scanning that occurs online, although reading is a welcomed reprieve. I do it, above all, because it is pleasurable. When I read I become welded to characters, get crushed by conflict, travel in time and place, and learn to empathize with others. Reading allows me to think, feel, and imagine like nothing else can. Loving literature isn’t just an English-teacher thing. It is a human-being thing, and the more I read of imaginary people the more I understand the real people I interact with each day. I understand the courage it takes to parent in moments of crisis because of Atticus Finch. I know the feeling of otherness because of Othello. I experience the memories of 9/11 differently through the lens of Corrigan and Jasmine. I mature artistically along with Stephen Daedalus. And I empathize with Holden’s loneliness. Although many stories take time and effort to read, they are worth it. The prolonged satisfaction is superior to instant gratification.  I can’t say the same thing after scrolling through a Twitter or Facebook feed night after night. Even television shows and films, which can sometimes tell stories well, fall short of the satisfaction of a book. They are crafted from someone else’s interpretation. Yet I own the experience of a book, and that has made all the difference. Here are 20 books that are worth the time: The Giving Tree Where the Red Fern Grows Hamlet On Writing: 10th Anniversary Edition: A Memoir of the Craft On the Road The Book Thief  Looking for Alaska Where’d You Go, Bernadette: A Novel Mudbound Frankenstein 1984 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man The Fault in Our Stars The Corrections Let the Great World Spin Fahrenheit 451 The Complete Sherlock Holmes (The Heirloom Collection) The Great Gatsby The Catcher in the Rye  To Kill a Mockingbird   Share your favorite books in the comments section below Join the 30-Day Challenge The post In Defense of Reading appeared first on Talks with Teachers.

In our debut episode: Colum McCann (Let the Great World Spin) in conversation with Phil Klay (Redeployment) about writing, war, and the shifting sands between fiction and reality. Also - reviews of The Vacationers by Emma Straub and Ideas of Heaven by Joan Silber, and new releases for early July 2014.Find all the titles discussed in this episode at greenlightbookstore.com/radio1 (www.greenlightbookstore.com/radio1)

Colum McCann is the guest. In 2009, he won the National Book Award for his novel Let the Great World Spin and this year published a new novel called Transatlantic. He is also the curator of a new anthology called The Book of Men, available now from Picador.  The Book of Men is the official December selection of The TNB Book Club. From the publisher: To help launch the literary nonprofit Narrative 4, Esquire asked eighty of the world’s greatest writers to chip in with a story, all with the title, “How to Be a Man.”The result is The Book of Men, an unflinching investigation into the essence of masculinity. Monologue topics: the app, travel hell, TNB Book Club, kind mail, Narrative 4. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Goucher College’s 2013 summer reading assignment for first-year and transfer students was Colum McCann’s sweeping and radical social novel, Let the Great World Spin. Selected based on suggestions from faculty and staff, Let the Great World Spin sparked discussion among new students, staff, and professors during Goucher’s fall orientation session. McCann attended one of the discussions and later presented a free public reading and question-and-answer session.

Doug Muzzio introduces Colum McCann as a "magnificent liar, whose fictions tell profound truths." Author of "Let the Great World Spin," best sellers "Dancer," and "Zoli," Colum McCann talks about his latest book, "TransAtlantic," a MUST READ

Luke and Andrew mull over the wild Saturday night that was, the TBTL Tour De Terrible, plus Irish novelist and Charming Human Colum McCann stops by to talk about his new novel.

Colum McCann reads Benedict Kiely's "Bluebell Meadow," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "Bluebell Meadow" was published in the April 14, 1975, issue of The New Yorker and can be found in "The Collected Stories of Benedict Kiely." Colum McCann's most recent book is "Let the Great World Spin."

Colum McCann reads from his most recent novel, published in June 2009. Born in Dublin, Ireland, Colum McCann is the author of two story collections and five novels, including This Side of Brightness; Dancer; Zoli; and Let the Great World Spin (winner of the 2009 National Book Award). Colum McCann spoke at Wellesley College's Newhouse Center for the Humanities on March, 30, 2010.

Colum McCann joins Doug to talk about New York and his new book “Let the Great World Spin,” which won the 2009 National Book Award. McCann has taught in Hunter College's MFA Creative Writing programs for nearly 5 years.

Let the Great World Spin (Random House) Darkened by intimations of 9/11, Column McCann's generous extravaganza of a novel brings together the lives of strangers who witness a high-wire artist dancing between the two World Trade Center towers...