Episode 64: McCarthy and Philosophy
From Reading McCarthy by Scott Yarbrough and Guest Hosts
May 11, 2026 · 41 min · Season 5 · Episode 64
About this episode
Scott Yarbrough interviews philosophers who are experts on Cormac McCarthy at a literature symposium.
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 (which is me) thought to handle the situation in some arm chairs near an elevator using a very expensive microphone rig ($28 at least) which attached to my phone. So--the sound is challenging, but I hope that listeners will forge ahead to this exce...
People in this episode
Host: Scott Yarbrough
Topics covered
- philosophy
- Cormac McCarthy
- literature
- American literature
- symposium
Keywords
- Cormac McCarthy
- philosophy
- American Literature Association
- Santa Fe
- literature symposium
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: American Literature Association
Places: Santa Fe, New Mexico
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