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Society's Blood Meridian Casebook Available for Preorder
The Cormac McCarthy Society is pleased to announce that the second volume in its casebook series on Cormac McCarthy, They Rode On: Blood Meridian and the Tragedy of the American West, is now available for preorder. We expect the book to arrive in mid June, but we are offering special preorder pricing through the end [...]
The Counselor Screenplay Due October 8 from Vintage
For those of you who have missed the relevant forum post, Amazon.com is now listing The Counselor: A Screenplay with a publication date of 8 October 2013. No cover art yet, but the book’s available for preorder. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet [...]
Volume 10 of The Cormac McCarthy Journal Available for Purchase
The Cormac McCarthy Society announces the immediate availability of The Cormac McCarthy Journal, Volume 10. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Bookmark in Browser Tell a friend
Society Announces 20th Anniversary Conference Schedule
A keynote address by the indomitable Peter Josyph (with the understated title “How Cormac McCarthy Saved Civilization”) and a dinner celebrating the 20th anniversary of both All the Pretty Horses and the Cormac McCarthy Society highlight the Society’s just-released 20th Anniversary Conference Schedule. Four days of activities are planned, including presentations by over 40 scholars [...]
Berea Conference Paper Submission Deadline Extended
The deadline for submitting abstracts for consideration for the All the Pretty Horses 20th Anniversary Conference has been extended. We will consider abstracts submitted through next Friday, December 14. If you’re planning to submit a paper proposal but have not, please email Rick Wallach and inform him of your intent. This is shaping up to [...]
Bookshop Sale Begins Today
The Cormac McCarthy Society Announces its first ever sale. In the spirit of the holiday season, we’re offering a 10% discount on all items in the Bookshop through next Friday, December 14. The name Outer Dark Friday Sale has ben suggested, but for brevity’s sake, the discount that appears in the shopping cart will go [...]
Latest McCarthy Collection from Peter Josyph Available for Preorder
is available for preorder from Amazon.com. Before you get your hopes up too high about this new collection, note that it will not appear until next March. Still, it’s never too early to preorder. As always, ordering from Amazon.com via these links benefits the work of the Society. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this [...]
Suttree Casebooks Shipping Early Next Week
Those of you who have preordered our Suttree casebook will be pleased to know that the books have finally been shipped to the Society, and we’ll be shipping them out to you early next week. The slight delay was primarily due to the disruption caused by Hurricane Sandy, but delivery services, etc., handled their backlogs pretty [...]
Suttree Casebook Now Available
The Cormac McCarthy Society announces the publication of the first in our casebook series, You Would Not Believe What Watches: Suttree and Cormac McCarthy’s Knoxville. More details are available on the Bookshop. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the [...]
Christian Kiefer Publishes First Novel
Christian Kiefer was one of the earliest Society Members and has been for years an all-around supporter of our mission. He was a regular conference participant, and he quite possibly coined the term “Cormackian,” as in “The Fightin’ Cormackians” who sparred in obscurity on the very first iteration of our Forum here. His first novel, , [...]
