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 calls upon different well-known Cormackian readers and scholars to help us explore different works and various essential aspects of McCarthy’s writing. Scott Yarbrough is your host in these deep dives into the world of McCarthy.
The guest this episode is Steve Frye. Steve Frye is professor and chair of English at California State University, Bakersfield, and is the President of the Cormac McCarthy Society. He is the author of Understanding Cormac McCarthy (Univ. of South Carolina Press) and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Cormac McCarthy, and Cambridge UP’s Cormac McCarthy in Context. His book Unguessed Kinships: The Literary Naturalism of Cormac McCarthy is currently under consideration at Cambridge UP, and he has written numerous journal articles on Cormac McCarthy and other authors of the American Romance Tradition.
Music for READING MCCARTHY is composed and performed by Thomas Frye. Interludes this week include “The World to Come,” “Running with Wolves,” “Toadvine” and “Blues for Blevins.”
Reach out to us at readingmccarthy@gmail.com. Download the podcast on i-Tunes, Spotify, Google Play, and many other places.
Starting in spring of 2023, the podcast began accepting minor sponsorship offers to offset the costs of the podcast. This may cause a mild disconnect in earlier podcasts where the host asks for patrons in lieu of sponsorships. But if we compare it to a very large and naked bald man in the middle of the desert who leads you to an extinct volcano to create gunpowder, it seems pretty minor...