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Tag Archives: Cormac McCarthy
July 2017 Viewing Diary
Six Figures Getting Sick (1966; d. David Lynch) Natalie reminded me of this short film from David Lynch when we were discussing all of the vomit on Twin Peaks: The Return. I went back and watched it – it’s on … Continue reading
Cormac McCarthy: “Creative Work Is Often Driven By Pain. It May Be That If You Don’t Have Something In the Back Of Your Head Driving You Nuts, You May Not Do Anything. It’s Not a Good Arrangement. If I Were God, I Wouldn’t Have Done It That Way.”
Fantastic interview with Cormac McCarthy. Too rich to excerpt, just go read the whole thing. I’ll just pull this bit out. He is asked what kind of response he has gotten to The Road from fathers: I have the same … Continue reading
“We Don’t Know Anything About Other People. We Can Only Know Them From the Outside. This Is One Of the Great Joys Of Life.”
So says Irish writer John Banville in this awesome recent interview about his new book that has set my mind spinning. There’s so much in it. So much to think about. There are only a couple of writers today where … Continue reading
Posted in writers
Tagged A.S. Byatt, Cormac McCarthy, Joan Didion, John Banville, John Irving, Joseph Ellis, Katherine Dunn, Michael Chabon, Nancy Lemann
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7 Weird Reading Facts
Got this from ricki. 1. I am very sensitive to typeface. I will NOT read a book if I find the typeface grating or unfriendly. I have bad eyes, too, so a good typeface is important. Penguin Classics USED to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Personal
Tagged A.S. Byatt, book design, Cormac McCarthy, Elinor Lipman, Hopeful Monsters, Jeanette Winterson, John Irving, Lives of the Saints, Lorrie Moore, Madeleine L'Engle, Margaret Atwood, Mating, Michael Chabon, Nancy Lemann, Nicholas Mosley, Norman Rush, Ring of Endless Light, Robert Kaplan, The Passion
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Cormac McCarthy’s “God-Mike”
A wonderful post from Ted about The Crossing, and Cormac McCarthy’s sudden piercing bouts of omniscience – hard to pull off, nigh on impossible, actually. The great Russian writers do it all the time, but of course, they invented the … Continue reading
Blood Meridian: The Judge
I finished Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West last night. My only regret is that someone wasn’t there to hold me when it was all over. The last 50 pages of Blood Meridian read like a bat … Continue reading
The Writing of Blood Meridian
I don’t know how to process McCarthy’s writing (and I say that as someone who has read many of his books). The writing in Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West comes so quickly at you, and you … Continue reading
Blood Meridian, by Cormac McCarthy
I’m not even 100 pages in to Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West and I already feel backed up with information, impulse, response … there’s so much going on, and the writing is so off the charts … Continue reading
Benevolence is:
— waking up and smelling the coffee that has already percolated, while I slept — hearing the soprano choir boys in the balcony rehearsing when I stop off to go to afternoon mass and I get there early — calling … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Personal
Tagged Angela Lansbury, Cormac McCarthy, family, friends, Judy Garland, snapshots, Tina Turner
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The Books: “The Road” (Cormac McCarthy)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: The Road by Cormac McCarthy Kate and my sister Jean were the ones who made me read this book. This terrible terrifying haunting book. I read it in 2 days, I think – maybe less … Continue reading