Episode 63: A Tribute to Rick Wallach

From Reading McCarthy by Scott Yarbrough and Guest Hosts

April 8, 2026 · 48 min

About this episode

This episode pays tribute to Rick Wallach, a key figure in Cormac McCarthy studies who recently passed away.

Rick Wallach, one of the founding members of the Cormac McCarthy Society and, indeed, of McCarthy studies in general, passed away on January 27th at the age of 75. A former president of the Cormac McCarthy Society, Rick taught English at the University of Miami. He instituted and was the senior editor of the Cormac McCarthy Society casebook series, and was the editor of the two-volume collection of essays Sacred Violence as well as Myth, Legend Dust: Critical Responses to Cormac McCarth...

People in this episode

Host: Scott Yarbrough

Topics covered

Cormac McCarthy
literary studies
tribute
academic contributions
society

Keywords

Rick Wallach
Cormac McCarthy Society
University of Miami
literary criticism
academic tribute

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cormac McCarthy Society, University of Miami

Books & works: Sacred Violence, Myth, Legend Dust: Critical Responses to Cormac McCarthy