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2 weeks ago | 
thedailynewsonline.com | Cory Oldweiler |Colum McCann
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 five years later, the only genuine attempts to reckon with those “unprecedented times” have come from fiction.
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3 weeks ago | 
shelf-awareness.com | Stephen Jones |Colum McCann |Emma Pattee |Lauren Willig
The Buffalo Hunter HunterShare with friends:Permanent Link:A long-hidden diary in which a Lutheran pastor records a strange confession reveals a mysterious horror with repercussions that span centuries in The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, the chilling and original vampire novel from Stephen Graham Jones (The Only Good Indians; Don't Fear the Reaper).
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1 month ago | 
startribune.com | Cory Oldweiler |Colum McCann
Fiction: Irish writer Colum McCann considers our era of “unfathomable isolation” via a tale about technology and communication. For the Minnesota Star TribuneColum McCann (Bertrand Gaudillere/Random House)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.
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1 month ago | 
bloomsbury.com | Colum McCann |Sarah J. Maas |Gillian Anderson |Kamila Shamsie
I did indeed pin some of the plot right down there in the abyssal zone. Virtually everything we send nowadays travels at the bottom of the sea. All our emails, all our phone messages, all our desires and all our follies. It was amazing to me that 95 percent of the world's information travels in these tiny tubes. The cloud lives in the sea.
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1 month ago | 
southparkmagazine.com | Patti Callahan Henry |Karen Russell |John Scalzi |Colum McCann
Bookshelf: New books to read this springFebruary 28, 2025Notable new releases On Air: The Triumph and Tumult of NPR by Steve Oney compiled by Sally BrewsterThe Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry Founded in 1970, NPR is America's most powerful broadcast news network.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
independent.ie | Colum McCann
Colum McCann: What to expect from Donald Trump’s second coming – including his voters feeling buyers’ remorseIt’s showtime again as the Republican and his tech bro allies prepare to take power in the US. Yet amid the deep divisions, there are glimmers of hope‘It just feels dystopian’: Donald Trump arrives at the US Capitol for his inauguration ceremony in 2017. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty ImagesOn Monday at 5pm, Irish time, Donald Trump will become the 47th President of the United States.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
lesen.de | Colum McCann |John Grisham |Tana French |Michael Doring Connelly
An extraordinary story of grace, forgiveness and moral courage' Patrick Radden Keefe A 2024 HIGHLIGHT IN THE OBSERVER, GUARDIAN AND IRISH TIMESAN IMMEDIATE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe English language has no specific word for the parent that has lost a child. There exist words for orphan, widow and widower, but there is no word that captures and conveys this tragic type of loss.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
nouvelobs.com | Colum McCann
Par Colum McCann Publié le 21 novembre 2024 à 21h30 Google Actualités Saisir ici votre nom Adresse email des ou du destinataire Votre message S’abonner permet d’offrir les articles à vos proches. Et pas que : vous pouvez les consulter et les commenter. Temps de lecture : 1 min. Abonné A l’occasion des 60 ans du « Nouvel Obs » et de notre dossier sur le pouvoir de la joie, l’écrivain irlandais se réjouit des joies simples qui surgissent malgré la lourdeur du quotidien.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
msn.com | Colum McCann
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
independent.ie | Colum McCann
Colum McCann on the US election: America is broken and it will take courage to stand up and be countedDonald Trump embraced the darkness and was rewarded — but it wasn’t just a vote along racist and misogynistic lines. It was a national tide, and it hit the shores with a vengeanceLook who's back: Donald Trump on the campaign trail the day before the election in Pennsylvania. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesAnd so it is. Donald J Trump will be the next president of the United States.
