How lost are we without our devices? Or putting it more simply, as novelist Colum McCann might: just how isolated are we? His new novel "Twist" asks big questions through a story of characters ...

In a week in which the security of internet communications is in the spotlight, a new novel captures the murky world of undersea internet cables: essential, indispensable and incredibly vulnerable.

NEW YORK — “I’m a bit of a magpie,” Colum McCann said, sheepishly gesturing around his office at Hunter College. He has taught creative writing there for 13 years, and in that time has appointed his ...

Host Marcia Franklin talks with author Colum McCann about his books since their last conversation in 2011, which include “American Mother,” “Apeirogon,” and his most recent novel, “Twist.” The two ...