Can A Book Pave A New Path To Peace? - Colum McCann

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

Society & Culture, News, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture:personal Journals, Personal Journals, Politics

4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Critically acclaimed Irish author Colum McCann gives us a rare insight into his latest novel and the power of storytelling. When you listen to this powerful conversation, you will not be surprised to hear that Colum has won the Rooney Prize, the Novel of the Year Award, the National Book Award and International Dublin Literary Award. His Man Booker Prize longlisted book Apeirogon has lead critics to ask if a book can bring about peace in Israel. Jarlath digs deep into the experience that lead Colum to writing this game changing work. We how his time spent working as a wilderness educator for young offenders Texas changed his path and his recollection of living in New York during 9/11. As Professor of Creative Writing in the Master of Fine Arts program at Hunter College, New York his views on the art of teaching are truly inspiring for anyone trying to spark the interest of young students. In its essence, this is a conversation about the power of listening and telling one's story and it could not have come at a better time. This is just a taster. To hear this episode in full and to gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 400 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad Supplementary research provided by John Meagher. Our charity partner is jigsawonline.ie. In these tricky times, Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for your people to help them strengthen their mental health and the skills needed to navigate life. Please visit their website and consider making a donation. For updates on future episodes and live shows follow @jarlath on Twitter, visit www.jigser.com or email the show directly on [email protected]. Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

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0:00.0	For years, Colin McCann has devoted his life to writing and helping others find themselves as writers.
0:07.0	His latest book, A Peragon, is a masterpiece, based on the true life story of two men whose daughters were killed in the Middle East.
0:17.0	The book was, of course, long listed for the Booker Prize, which is a huge achievement, but honestly, the real achievement is the book itself. I'll let Column explain it. He is, of course, the distinguished professor of creative writing in the Master of Fine Arts Program at Hunter College, New York. Before the election, I managed to find an hour to sit down with him to talk about this
0:41.8	life-affirming one-of-a-kind book, The Power of Writing, His Charity, Narrative for His Life
0:49.1	and an awful lot more.
0:50.7	This is, of course, a snippet of the full conversation that you can hear over on
0:56.8	patreon.com forward slash Irishman abroad. I'm delighted to announce that having listened to your
1:02.8	feedback, we've come up with a way for you to just pay once and get everything across the year.
1:09.0	It's an annual membership designed to save you, money and hassle.
1:14.6	It gets even better. I've got a 15% discount on the annual membership being offered at the moment.
1:20.6	And we've even launched a gifting tier so that if you wanted to gift Irishman Abroad annual membership to yourself or someone you know that likes
1:29.6	the show, there is that tier there and you'll also receive the now very rare Irish Man Abroad
1:36.1	T-shirt and PIN, which is usually reserved for our guests. Our chosen charity partner is of course
1:42.9	jigsaw.I.E. They are the Centre for Youth Mental Health in Ireland and they offer incredible services for young people experiencing difficult times.
1:52.0	Or just trying to gain the mental health skills they'll need to survive in life.
1:56.0	Jigsaw can't survive in life without our support.
1:59.0	So pop over there now.jigsaw.I.E.
2:02.7	the chosen charity partner of an Irish man abroad.
2:07.1	That's the small talk.
2:08.8	Now let's go down to business.
2:10.7	Now, your program, what's de big idea?
2:14.6	Well, they're going to know the Irish much better.
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