Colum McCann & Joan Silber

Marrie Stone interviews Colum McCann, author of TransAtlantic, who chats about why the Irish are literary geniuses, how structuring a novel is like conducting an orchestra, and his disregard of the terms "fiction" versus "non-fiction" in favor of story.  In the second half hour, Joan Silber talks about her collection of interlinked short stories, Fools.  

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(Broadcast date: June 12, 2013)