Jun 5, 2026 · 47 min · 12 segments
Niamh MacCabe tells Ruth McKee which books she would save if her house was on fire. Niamh Mac Cabe is an award-winning writer of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and hybrid prose. She's also a visual…
Niamh MacCabeGuest
Ruth McKeeHost
And then at age six, we moved to Paris, so a family of, uh, two adults and five children.
And at that point, shortly after that, my father started working in Washington, DC, so this pilgrimage to the States started happening from the summer of, in 19- 1976, uh, which was a very interesting summer to go to the States considering the, uh, the date.
So from the age of 10, visiting the States every Easter and summer, and then I went to college there.
So there was a big tie with Washington, and, uh, and the East Coast of the States in general.
And then at age six, we moved to Paris, so a family of, uh, two adults and five children.
And at that point, shortly after that, my father started working in Washington, DC, so this pilgrimage to the States started happening from the summer of, in 19- 1976, uh, which was a very interesting summer to go to the States considering the, uh, the date.
So from the age of 10, visiting the States every Easter and summer, and then I went to college there.
So there was a big tie with Washington, and, uh, and the East Coast of the States in general.
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