
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.)
Podcasting since 2021 • 60 episodes
Reading McCarthy
Latest Episodes
Episode 60: Riding Shotgun on THE PASSENGER with Lydia Cooper and Brent Cline
For the podcast's 60th episode we are finally able to develop a lengthy and thorough discussion of The Passenger, McCarthy's penultimate novel from 2022. I'm joined by two returning guests of the podcast: Dr. Lydia Cooper is a pr...
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Season 5
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Episode 60
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1:56:23

Episode 59: The Big Screen Beckons--McCarthy's Screenplays with Stacey Peebles
Episode 60 of READING McCARTHY sees the return of one of my favorite guests, Dr. Stacey Peebles. In addition to her many other roles described below, she is the preeminent expert on McCarthy’s work in screenplays. Please join us for a con...
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Season 4
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Episode 59
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1:28:21

Episode 58: Staying off the Tracks of THE SUNSET LIMITED with Dianne Luce
The 58th episode brings back the excellent Dr. Dianne Luce to discuss with us McCarthy’s 2006 play The Sunset Limited (or is it a novel in dramatic form?). Produced first by the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago in May of 2006, it later w...
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Season 4
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Episode 58
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1:17:45

Episode 57: The Wittliff with Lead Archivist Katie Salzmann
This past December your not-so-intrepid host was able to make a pilgrimage to San Marcos, Texas, to visit the Wittliff Collection in the Alkek Library at Texas State University and plumb its treasure trove of McCarthy archives. My guest i...
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Season 4
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Episode 57
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43:46

Episode 56: The Brothers Elmore Flip a Coin with No Country for Old Men
This episode has a history that winds like a West Texas border road. My guests are the Brothers Elmore, and we originally recorded it in April but one of the tracks went bad. So finally at the end of our collective academic semester...
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Season 4
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Episode 56
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56:23
