Table of Contents
Introduction ix
Chronology xv
Interview with Colum McCann Stephen V. Camelio / 1994 3
Interview with Colum McCann Declan Meade / 2001 13
This Side of Brightness Interview Robert Birnbaum / 2003 23
Interview with Colum McCann Declan Meade / 2003 30
Colum McCann Robert Birnbaum / 2003 37
Zoli Interview: Q&A with Michael Hayes Michael Hayes / 2007 51
Zoli Interview: Q&A with Laura McCaffrey Laura McCaffrey / 2007 57
Colum McCann Robert Birnbaum / 2007 65
2009 National Book Award Winner Fiction: Interview with Colum McCann Bret Anthony Johnston / 2009 84
Colum McCann in Conversation with John Kelly John Kelly / 2010 91
"A Country of the Elsewheres": An Interview with Colum McCann Joseph Lennon / 2012 107
"Embracing the World by Inventing the World": The Literary Journey of Colum McCann John Cusatis / 2012 123
The Rumpus Interview with Colum McCann Alec Michod / 2013 140
Two Interviews with Colum McCann Cécile Maudet / 2013 145
Do What Is Most Difficult Synne Rifbjerg / 2013 181
Making It Up to Tell the Truth: An Interview with Colum McCann Alison Garden / 2014 193
"In the End, We Write to Say That We Matter": A Conversation with Colum McCann Earl G. Ingersoll / 2016 207
Index 217