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So Long Out of Ireland

November 24, 2020

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After we have satisfied the fundamental needs for water, food, shelter and companionship, storytelling is the thing that we go to most for encouragement in how to live. We discover a way to make sense of the world in all its beauty and its ruin.

—Colum McCann

Author and N4 Co-Founder Colum McCann writes about storytelling as a national tradition in the essay “So Long Out of Ireland” featured in the Stranger’s Guide.