Reading McCarthy
READING MCCARTHY is a podcast devoted to the consideration and discussion of the works of one of our greatest American writers, Cormac McCarthy. Each episode will call upon different well-known Cormackian readers and scholars to help us explore different works and various essential aspects of McCarthy’s writing. (Note these episodes try to offer accessible literary criticism and may contain spoilers from different McCarthy works.)
Reading McCarthy
Latest Episodes
Ep. 66: The McCarthy Library Project: Books are Made Out of Books Are Made Out of Books and Still More Books
After Cormac McCarthy’s death in June of 2023, his surviving family members were hit with a very complicated question: What in the world are we to do with all these books? In addition to the thousands upon thousands in his house, there...
INbetweener Episode: Reading Cormac McCarthy--Scholars Discuss the Southern Novels book released
This isn't a full and proper READING MCCARTHY episode (and thus not numbered!) but is a brief discussion of the book adaptation of a number of podcast episodes! The Table of Contents of the book include (paraphrased to save space):...
Episode 65: The End of Something in STELLA MARIS, with Nell Sullivan and Vernon Cisney
With this episode, READING MCCARTHY has discussed every novel published by Cormac McCarthy. Published in early December of 2022, STELLA MARIS was the last novel published by McCarthy in his lifetime. The second book in a pa...
Episode 64: McCarthy and Philosophy
Last October while attending the American Literature Association fiction symposium in Santa Fe, New Mexico, I managed to sequester two live, dyed-in-the-wool employed philosophers who also happen to be Cormac McCarthy experts. My AV guy (...
