Cormac McCarthy Podcast

Today, we will discuss Cormac McCarthy's most candid statement on writing. This quote reveals Cormac McCarthy's only statement ever about one of his novels. It also informs us of the most complex aspect of McCarthy's revision process. Adding a complex occulted form to the novel.

Cormac McCarthy made a massive transformation in his writing when he moved to El Paso. At one level, McCarthy was peaking as a writer while he worked on Blood Meridian. However, on another level, McCarthy sought a different path with his writing career, pushing toward Hollywood with his The Gardener's Son (1976) and Cities of the Plain (1978) screenplays. The lack of success in both endeavors (Blood Meridian sold 1,800 copies in seven years)  drove McCarthy to combine both approaches by writing less layered works that were more accessible.

Who can change your life more, Cormac McCarthy or Jordan Peterson? Does psychology and politics impact the world more than the story? Two maven leaders of the 21st century lit bro movement are Cormac McCarthy and Jordan Benzo Peterson. Without them, we'd be a disorganized mess of nothing but orgone and malignant schizophrenia. However, which one can help you transcend being a lit bro forever (not that I'd ever advocate for that...)

How did Cormac McCarthy create his iconic characters? Did he plot them, get inspired by figures in his life, or make them from pure creative inspiration? In today's video, I will walk you through McCarthy's six-step process to build his characters. To my knowledge, this is the first time this has been discussed! Let me know if I missed anything.

Why is the Cormac McCarthy community almost exclusively men? Plenty of authors have few female protagonists like McCarthy but have a substantial female readership. In this video, I will be going over the psychological, psychic, and physical reasons why men love Cormac McCarthy so much!

Cormac McCarthy was a post-modernist novelist, and in today's video, we will discuss how he implemented Simulation theory not just in his novels, but also in his personal life!

How many of Cormac McCarthy's 21 published pieces have you read? In this video, I will talk about the journey of reading all of McCarthy's work, why you should do it, and give an updated reading order for all the real McCarthy OG's out there!

Cormac McCarthy had writer friends, and one of them was fellow famous southwestern Edward Abbey! Today, we will discuss their friendship and how Abbey inspired McCarthy's Blood Meridian and Suttree.

In today's video, we're exploring the multi-layered world of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road," inspired by Lydia R. Cooper's idea of the Fisher King in "The Road." We're not just discussing the typical father and son's struggle for survival in a post-apocalyptic world. We're diving into the mythological and cultural depths that make this novel a modern-day grail narrative!