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I grew up sort of middle class, safe and suburban.

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Colum McCann
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
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Dublin city
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It was a silence that heard itself, awful and beautiful.
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I write articles, and I do profiles of members of organizations and associations.
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