Talking with Colum McCann

June 5, 2013 | 1 book mentioned

“I’ve been writing about ‘real’ characters and placing them in a shaped, or fictional, world. Writing TransAtlantic, there was never really a plan, at the early stages, to question the line between fiction and nonfiction. I just went on instinct, and then these worlds started to braid.” The Rumpus interviews Colum McCann.

is a staff writer for The Millions. He lives in New York.