Up Next: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephen Graham Jones

From Writers Who Read by Gary Alan McBride

April 12, 2026 · 3 min

About this episode

The episode features an analysis of Stephen Graham Jones' novel 'The Buffalo Hunter Hunter', which memorializes a historical massacre.

Whitney, Rachel, and Gary analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read . Next up: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones. On January 23, 1870, along the Bear River in Montana, approximately 200 Blackfeet, mostly women, children, and elders, were killed by the 2nd US Cavalry. Stephen Graham Jones memorializes this massacre in his epic Cormac McCarthyesque hellscape, set mostly in 1912, and bookended by the woes of a 21st century professor who can't get tenure. Horrific in all things temporal, intellectual, and spiritual: Cat Man is coming for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Whitney, Rachel, Gary Alan McBride

Topics covered

book analysis
historical fiction
literary critique
Native American history
contemporary literature

Keywords

Stephen Graham Jones
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
literary analysis
historical fiction
Native American history

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Cormac McCarthyesque hellscape

Places: Bear River, Montana, 21st century