Podcasts about pretty horses

In this conversation, Steve reflects on the final part of 'All the Pretty Horses' by Cormac McCarthy, discussing themes of growth, adventure, and the impact of relationships. He delves into the significance of Blevins' death, the role of Alejandra, and the value of horses in the characters' lives. Steve also contemplates the nature of exploration and change, ultimately sharing his personal reflections on the book's emotional depth and his anticipation for the next installment.Send us a messageSupport the showFilm Chewing Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2235582/followLens Chewing on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lenschewingSpeculative Speculations: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/speculative-speculationsSupport the podcast: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/7EQ7XWFUP6K9EJoin Riverside.fm: https://riverside.fm/?via=steve-l

In this episode, Steve discusses Part Three of Cormac McCarthy's 'All the Pretty Horses,' focusing on character development, particularly Blevins and his obliviousness to the consequences of his actions. The conversation delves into the harsh realities faced by John and Rawlins, their interactions with Perez, and the significance of survival and friendship amidst danger. The episode highlights the effective writing and character dynamics, leaving listeners eager for the next part of the story.Send us a messageSupport the showFilm Chewing Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2235582/followLens Chewing on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lenschewingSpeculative Speculations: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/speculative-speculationsSupport the podcast: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/7EQ7XWFUP6K9EJoin Riverside.fm: https://riverside.fm/?via=steve-l

Join hosts Nat Smith of Back of Beyond Books and Jessie Magleby from Grand County Public Library as they discuss what they've been reading, plus some thoughts on Indigenous Horror Writing: a rapidly growing genre exploring and confronting the traumas of colonization through dark fiction. Reviews: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian's Journey Home by Chris La Tray Indigenous Continent: the Epic Contest for North America by Pekka Hamalainen All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden Links to library catalog lists: Radio Book Club Mentions Indigenous Authors

In this episode, Steve delves into part two of Cormac McCarthy's 'All the Pretty Horses', exploring the significance of horses in the narrative, the cultural context surrounding the characters, and the unique prose style of McCarthy. He reflects on the emotional impact of the text and invites listeners to engage with the material as he contemplates the future of the discussion series.Send us a messageSupport the showFilm Chewing Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2235582/followLens Chewing on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lenschewingSpeculative Speculations: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/speculative-speculationsSupport the podcast: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/7EQ7XWFUP6K9EJoin Riverside.fm: https://riverside.fm/?via=steve-l

In this episode, Steve introduces the first part of Cormac McCarthy's 'All the Pretty Horses,' discussing his personal context with McCarthy's works and the unique writing style that draws him in. He explores the setting of 1949 Texas, the character dynamics, and the themes of journey and hospitality. Steve appreciates McCarthy's craftsmanship in creating atmosphere and expresses excitement for the upcoming discussions in the community.Send us a messageSupport the showFilm Chewing Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2235582/followLens Chewing on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lenschewingSpeculative Speculations: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/speculative-speculationsSupport the podcast: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/7EQ7XWFUP6K9EJoin Riverside.fm: https://riverside.fm/?via=steve-l

In Episode 193, author Clare Leslie Hall talks with Sarah about her US debut, Broken Country — a breakout hit and a Reese's Book Club pick. A genre mash-up that is part love story and part murder trial, Clare talks about marketing Broken Country, how this came to be her first U.S. release, and the ways the novel evolved over time. Plus, Clare shares her book recommendations. This post contains affiliate links through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). CLICK HERE for the full episode Show Notes on the blog. Highlights Books by Clare Leslie Hall: Broken Country, Days You Were Mine (previously published as Mine), and Pictures of Him (previously published as Him). Clare gives a brief, spoiler-free overview of Broken Country.  Clare's inspiration for Broken Country. How the themes of love, guilt, and connection play roles in the novel. The ways Broken Country developed and changed over the course of her writing process. How Clare decided that this was no longer a contemporary novel and needed to be set in the 1950s and 1960s. The aspect of the book of which she's most proud. How Broken Country came to be her first book released in the U.S. What the marketing looked like for Broken Country compared to her first two novels. Anything Clare would change about Broken Country down the line should she have the opportunity (since she was able to change the ending of her second book for the U.S. release). A bit about what Clare has planned for her next book. Clare's Book Recommendations [35:30] Two OLD Books She Loves Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively (1987) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [35:43] All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (1992) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [37:26] Other Books Mentioned: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (1985) [38:42]   Two NEW Books She Loves Nesting by Roisín O'Donnell (February 18, 2025) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[40:12] Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell (July 30, 2024) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[41:33] Other Books Mentioned: The Wedding People by Alison Espach (July 30, 2024) [43:48]  The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller (2021) [44:04]  One Book She DIDN'T Love Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (1878) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [45:22] One NEW RELEASE She's Excited About What the Deep Water Knows by Miranda Cowley Heller (July 1, 2025) | Amazon| Bookshop.org [48:40] Last 5-Star Book Clare Read Leaving by Roxana Robinson (2024) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [51:19] Books From the Discussion Atonement by Ian McEwan (2001) [14:38] The Go-Between by L. P. Hartley (1953) [14:42] To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1960) [16:22] Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (2018) [54:02]  About Clare Leslie Hall  Instagram | X Clare Leslie Hall is a novelist and journalist who lives in the wilds of Dorset, England, with her family. She's the author of Broken Country, Pictures of Him, and Days You Were Mine.

Join hosts Nat Smith of Back of Beyond Books and Jessie Magleby from Grand County Public Library as they discuss what they've been reading, plus some thoughts on Indigenous Horror Writing: a rapidly growing genre exploring and confronting the traumas of colonization through dark fiction. Reviews: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian's Journey Home by Chris La Tray Indigenous Continent: the Epic Contest for North America by Pekka Hamalainen All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden Links to library catalog lists: Radio Book Club Mentions Indigenous Authors

Hannah's been busy grinding out elementary school book fairs (drug-dealer mentality for the win), so the John Updike's Ghost podcast has put in a call to the bullpen, and out walks ... Cyndle Plaisted Rials! Cyndle is a writer and creative writing teacher who teamed with Sam on a book earlier this year, as well as the Beer & Weed project, so you know she's ready to go. She has not, however, read "To Kill a Mockingbird" or "Of Mice and Men," so weird stuff is on the way.  Here's what she and Sam had to chat about this week: - "All the Pretty Horses," by Cormac McCarthy — Sam has never read this, but it's awesome. If you've never read it, you should do it now. Just be prepared for very few commas.  - "Lady Macbeth," by Ava Reid — Cyndle finds this a little better than Shakespeare's historical works, anyway. It's a little bit of a "Wicked" situation and it might help to read the original; what is Lysander doing in this book? Decent audiobook.  - "Pickleballers," by Ilana Long — A racy book about people who play pickleball and like to bang. Sam laughed a few times, but didn't manage to finish this. Still, if you like romantic comedies, this is fine.  - "Rejection," by Tony Tulathimutte — You might have seen the story "The Feminist"? That's the lead story in this collection, which is a serious collection of bad dudes. And hyper-online.

As some of you might know by now, I'm an avid reader of Cormac McCarthy. His books have meant—and still mean—a great deal to me, not just from an aesthetic perspective but on a deeper, existential level. So today, I'm honored to be speaking with one of the foremost scholars of McCarthy's work: Steven Frye, Professor of American Literature and Chair of English at California State University, Bakersfield.Our conversation delves into two of McCarthy's most towering works: Blood Meridian, with its bleak, violent world, and The Road, a stripped-down, post-apocalyptic story centered on the bond between a father and son. Though these novels seem vastly different, they ask strikingly similar questions: Can decency survive in a world where power, destruction, and loss seem inevitable?We also explored the concept of “weak theology” in McCarthy's work—how can a God allow such evil to happen? In The Road, McCarthy seems to ask whether the "fire" of human compassion can endure in a universe that offers nothing in return.McCarthy's portrayal of the American West redefines the genre itself, moving beyond mythic heroism into existential struggle. Blood Meridian forces us to confront the dark side of Enlightenment ideals, while The Road suggests that even in a godless, ruined world, something resembling hope might persist—not through divine intervention, but through human love and sacrifice.Steven Frye doesn't let McCarthy's characters rest in simple archetypes. He explores how figures like Judge Holden in Blood Meridian embody a destructive force of total dominance and knowledge devoid of ethics. Yet Frye also points out how McCarthy creates space for resistance—even in the face of inevitable destruction. Is the kid's defiance of Holden a doomed rebellion—or a glimmer of human decency that refuses to die?Our discussion also touched on McCarthy's more romantic vision of the West in All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing. We reflected on the impossibility of returning to an imagined past of purity and belonging, as McCarthy's characters grapple with modernity's harsh realities.If you enjoy today's conversation, I highly recommend visiting Steven Frye's website at stevenfrye.org, where you'll find his writings. I also suggest checking out his novel, Dogwood Crossing.Tidigare avsnitt på tematPrenumerera eller stötta Rak högerI takt med att fler blir betalande prenumeranter har Rak höger kunnat expandera med fler skribenter och mer innehåll. Vi får inget presstöd, vi tar inte emot pengar från någon intresseorganisation eller lobbygrupp. Det är endast tack vare er prenumeranter vi kan fortsätta vara självständiga röster i en konform samtid. Så stort tack för att ni är med, utan er hade det inget av detta varit möjligt.Den som vill stötta oss på andra sätt än genom en prenumeration får gärna göra det med Swish, Plusgiro, Bankgiro, Paypal eller Donorbox.Swishnummer: 123-027 60 89Plusgiro: 198 08 62-5Bankgiro: 5808-1837Utgivaren ansvarar inte för kommentarsfältet. (Myndigheten för press, radio och tv (MPRT) vill att jag skriver ovanstående för att visa att det inte är jag, utan den som kommenterar, som ansvarar för innehållet i det som skrivs i kommentarsfältet.) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.enrakhoger.se/subscribe

Markus Zusak uses words like “challenging” and “ complex” to describe his three dogs, Reuben, Archie and Frosty. In this interview Zusak recounts the joy of remembering his hounds in all their unvarnished glory for this, his first memoir. Also, the challenge of recording his own audio books, the old favourites he likes to read and re-read “forensically”, and which of his favourite books piqued Archie's literary tastebuds! + Our beloved reviewers of literary classics, Kylie Cardell and Lisa Bennett, return to reassess Louisa May Alcott's “Little Women”. Kylie has read it many times and Lisa for the first time this year. The tale has obviously endured in our popular culture, movies and vernacular but is it still a “good read”?   Guests: Markus Zusak, author of “Three Wild Dogs and the Truth”. Also “The Book Thief”, “Bridge of Clay”, “The Messenger” and the young adult trilogy “The Underdog”, “Fighting Ruben Wolfe” and “When Dogs Cry”.   Associate Professor Kylie Cardell teaches and researches life narrative with the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University. Associate Professor Lisa Bennett teaches undergraduate and Honours classes in Creative Writing and English, Flinders University.   Maddie recounts the books she first fell for as a teenager, her passion for Margaret Atwood's dystopian creations and a series that explores indigenous knowledge.     Other books that get a mention:   Annie mentions “Butter” by Asako Yuzuki and “All Fours” by Miranda July.   Michaela mentions “Want; Sexual fantasies by anonymous” edited by Gillian Anderson.   Markus mentions “Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver, “All the Pretty Horses” written by Cormac McCarthy and narrated by Brad Pitt, “Cairo” by Chris Womersley, “What's Eating Gilbert Grape” by Peter Hedges, “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” by Michael Chabon and “Barbarian Days; A surfing life” by William Finnegan   Maddie mentions young adult author Margaret Clark, “Puberty Blues” by Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette, “The Handmaid's Tale”, “Oryx & Crake”, “The Year of the Flood” and “MaddAddam” by Margaret Atwood, the six-part “First Knowledges” series, in particular “Astronomy” edited by Margo Neale.   INSTAGRAM @markuszusak @macmillanaus @kyliesays @lisahannett ReplyForwardAdd reactionSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Markus Zusak uses words like “challenging” and “ complex” to describe his three dogs, Reuben, Archie and Frosty. In this interview Zusak recounts the joy of remembering his hounds in all their unvarnished glory for this, his first memoir. Also, the challenge of recording his own audio books, the old favourites he likes to read and re-read “forensically”, and which of his favourite books piqued Archie's literary tastebuds! + Our beloved reviewers of literary classics, Kylie Cardell and Lisa Bennett, return to reassess Louisa May Alcott's “Little Women”. Kylie has read it many times and Lisa for the first time this year. The tale has obviously endured in our popular culture, movies and vernacular but is it still a “good read”?   Guests: Markus Zusak, author of “Three Wild Dogs and the Truth”. Also “The Book Thief”, “Bridge of Clay”, “The Messenger” and the young adult trilogy “The Underdog”, “Fighting Ruben Wolfe” and “When Dogs Cry”.   Associate Professor Kylie Cardell teaches and researches life narrative with the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University. Associate Professor Lisa Bennett teaches undergraduate and Honours classes in Creative Writing and English, Flinders University.   Maddie recounts the books she first fell for as a teenager, her passion for Margaret Atwood's dystopian creations and a series that explores indigenous knowledge.     Other books that get a mention:   Annie mentions “Butter” by Asako Yuzuki and “All Fours” by Miranda July.   Michaela mentions “Want; Sexual fantasies by anonymous” edited by Gillian Anderson.   Markus mentions “Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver, “All the Pretty Horses” written by Cormac McCarthy and narrated by Brad Pitt, “Cairo” by Chris Womersley, “What's Eating Gilbert Grape” by Peter Hedges, “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” by Michael Chabon and “Barbarian Days; A surfing life” by William Finnegan   Maddie mentions young adult author Margaret Clark, “Puberty Blues” by Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette, “The Handmaid's Tale”, “Oryx & Crake”, “The Year of the Flood” and “MaddAddam” by Margaret Atwood, the six-part “First Knowledges” series, in particular “Astronomy” edited by Margo Neale.   INSTAGRAM @markuszusak @macmillanaus @kyliesays @lisahannett ReplyForwardAdd reactionSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I'm honored to have Mesa Pate with us today. Mesa is a true cowgirl in every sense of the word.  In today's episode we talk about Mesa's unique upbringing on a multi-generational ranch in Montana as well as all the traveling her rodeo family did. Mesa shares about her deeply close relationship with her mom, Tammy Pate. Together, they created Art of the Cowgirl. Mesa also shares the changes and challenges she faced selling Art of the Cowgirl, as she became a mom and, sadly, lost her own mom just last year.  We talk all things Art of the Cowgirl with its new owners and the different educational programming, workshops, trade shows, horse shows, ranch rodeo, and horse sales it has to offer.  Mesa's wisdom at such a young age shines in this episode you don't want to miss.    Resources & Links: The Time it Never Rained by Elmer Kelton All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy Leaders of the West Podcast Episode: Scaling a Handmade Business with Nevada Miller Join The Directory Of The West Get our FREE resource for Writing a Strong Job Description Get our FREE resource for Making the Most of Your Internship Email us at hello@ofthewest.co Join the Of The West Email List List your jobs on Of The West   Connect with Mesa: Follow on Instagram @mpate Visit Art of the Cowgirl   Connect with Jessie: Follow on Instagram @ofthewest.co and @mrsjjarv Follow on Facebook @jobsofthewest Check out the Of The West website Be sure to subscribe/follow the show so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Francis Ford Coppola's epic Megalopolis is finally here! Clearly a work of a visionary artist the film divided TFT hosts Higgins and Loe more than most any other picture in the show's multi-decade history. In this episode Le Corbusier and Calder are referenced, as are All the Pretty Horses, Gangs of New York, the need for narrative coherence and so much more. Enjoy. Subscribe on Patreon Apple - The Film Talk Spotify - The Film Talk Facebook.com/TheFilmTalk To contact Jett and Gareth go to: info@thefilmtalk.com Or leave a voicemail message at: Speakpipe.com/TheFilmTalk To see on Threads what Jett is getting up to: Threads.net/@jett_loe

Wells is back! All is well(s) in the world. Brandi fills him in on the episode she led in his absence, and Wells shares that he's signed more NDAs than he knows what to do with, so he won't be saying much about Traitors. While he had a great time, he has a bone to pick with English breakfasts before diving into his recent thoughts about the universe. Brandi is jazzed about Miley's My Next Guest Needs No Introduction episode, Wells is annoyed that the internet keeps asking for his cookies, and your hosts decide Hot Rodent Boyfriend Summer is just code for Men are GARBAGE! Lastly, Wells explains why he thinks Young Sheldon is a tax shelter and Brandi talks about her plans for a deep dickin' in Greece.    Favorite things mentioned:  Little Shop of Horrors  My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman (Netflix)  Hit Man (Netflix)  House of the Dragon (Hulu)  Perfect Match (Netflix)  River Wild (Netflix)  All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy  No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy  The Road by Cormac McCarthy    Thanks to our awesome sponsors for supporting this episode!   Fiji Water: Visit your local retailer to pick up some FIJI Water today for your next backyard party, beach or pool day, hike, or even your home office. It's not just water. It's FIJI Water.  Boll & Branch: Go to bollandbranch.com/favorite for 15% off your first sheet set plus free shipping! Exclusions apply. See site for details.  HelloFresh: Go to HelloFresh.com/yftapps for FREE appetizers for life! One appetizer item per box while subscription is active.     Don't forget to rate, review, and follow Your Favorite Podcast! Plus, keep up with us between episodes on our Instagram pages, @yftpodcast @wellsadams and @brandicyrus and be sure to leave us a voicemail with your fave things at 858-630-1856!  This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation 

Episode 52 is a round table considering the impact of Ernest Hemingway's writing on the works of Cormac McCarthy.  Joining us for this discussion are Dr. Olivia Carr Edenfield, Professor of English at Georgia Southern University.  She is a founding member of the Society for the Study of the American Short Story and Director of the American Literature Association.  She has recently published a defense of the mother in The Road  in the CMJ.     Dr. Brent Cline is an associate professor of English at Hillsdale College.  He has published articles and chapters involving disability on Walker Percy, James Agee, and Daniel Keyes. His review of The Passenger/Stella Maris was published with The University Bookman. His article on The Mexican Revolution and All the Pretty Horses was just published in the CMJ.   Dr. Bryan Giemza is an Associate Professor of Humanities and Literature in the Honors College at Texas Tech University. He  is author or editor of  numerous books on American literary and cultural history, ten book chapters, and more than thirty published articles and reviews. His books include Irish Catholic Writers and the Invention of the American South, and more recently Science and Literature in Cormac McCarthy's Expanding Worlds (2023), and the forthcoming Across the Canyons: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Divisive Communications in West Texas and Beyond, Texas Tech UP.   Dr. Allen Josephs joined us for a discussion of All the Pretty Horses.  A past president of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation and Society and the South Atlantic Modern Language Association in 2008, where he was awarded the continuing honorary membership.  He is the author of some 15 books, including On Hemingway and Spain: Essays and Reviews 1979 – 2013; White Wall of Spain: The Mysteries of Andalusian Culture; and For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ernest Hemingway's Undiscovered Country. He is the author of four critical editions of the poetry of Federico García Lorca and a book of translations of Lorca's poetry and prose, Only Mystery: Federico García Lorca's Poetry in Word and Image. . His book On Cormac McCarthy: Essays on Mexico, Crime, Hemingway and God, was published in 2016. Dr. Josephs is professor emeritus from the University of West Florida where has taught for more than five decades and now resides in Spain.  As always, readers are warned: there be spoilers here.  Thanks to Thomas Frye, who composed, performed, and produced the music for READING MCCARTHY.  The views of the host and his guests do not necessarily reflect the views of their home institutions or the Cormac McCarthy Society, although in our hearts we hope they'll someday see the light.  If you enjoy this podcast you may also enjoy the GREAT AMERICAN PODCAST, hosted by myself and Kirk Curnutt. To contact me, please reach out to readingmccarthy(@)gmail.com. Despite the evening redness in the west Reading McCarthy is nominally still on Twitter/X.  The website is at readingmccarthy.buzzsprout.com.Support the Show.Starting in spring of 2023, the podcast will accept minor sponsorship offers to offset the costs of the podcast. This may cause a mild disconnect in earlier podcasts where the host asks for patrons in lieu of sponsorships. But if we compare it to a very large and naked bald man in the middle of the desert who leads you to an extinct volcano to create gunpowder, it seems pretty minor...

Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts wurde Feuerland erschlossen, d.h. reiche Großgrundbesitzer kauften das Land und schickten bewaffnete Männer, um die indigene Bevölkerung aus dem Weg zu räumen. Dieses kolonialistische, rassistische Kapitel der chilenischen Geschichte hat sich Felipe Galvez vorgenommen. Er zeigt uns drei dieser Männer: Lieutenant Alexander McLennan (Mark Stanley), der Mestize Segundo (Camilo Arancibia) und der Texaner Bill (Benjamin Westfall). Sie machen sich auf, um die indigenen Stämme zu finden und abzuschlachten, um Platz zu schaffen für Schafe und für Straßen.Der Ausschnitt aus dem Völkermord ist aber halb von einem mythischen Nebel verdeckt, ein Schleier über diesem kargen und unglaublich schönem Land. Sowohl der Schamane wie auch die Opfer sind kaum zu erkennen, wenn die drei Männer wie Wölfe über die Schafe herfallen. Männer, die sich ihre eigene Geschichte erfunden haben, die sich selbst und jede Hemmung verloren haben oder – wie Segundo – sich einfach nicht dagegen aufbäumen können. Ein Film über Männer, die nur kämpfen können – selbst wenn sie auf Ihresgleichen treffen, suchen sie schnell den Konflikt und die Gewalt.Im Podcast diskutieren wir darüber wie Galvez diesen düsteren, sehr bildstarken und vollkommen pathos-freien Anti-Western inszeniert: Er baut in seinem Debütfilm Stück für Stück eine Versuchsanordnung mit den drei Männern auf. Aber noch bevor sich die aufgebaute Spannung zwischen den Männern schließlich entladen kann, wechselt Galvez Ort und Zeit und erzählt stattdessen die Geschichte Chiles von einer ganz anderen Perspektive aus. Wir sind uns im Podcast nicht einig, ob dieser unerwartete Schritt nur unsere Sehgewohnheiten herausfordert oder tatsächlich dem Film sein Momentum und seine Kraft nimmt. Aber wir sind uns sicher: Dieser Film ist sehr sehenswert. Am Mikrofon direkt nach dem Heimkino: Johanna, Götz und Thomas.COLONOS ist zurzeit auf MUBI zu sehen.

Billy Bob Thornton is an unlikely but enduring movie star. He blasted onto the scene as a character actor in movies like One False Move and Tombstone before his 1996 passion project, Sling Blade, earned him a best screenplay Academy Award while also netting him a Best Actor nomination. Made for just over $1 million, it was a solid box office hit, grossing 30 times its budget, and from there, Thornton's career went into high gear. While his directorial career went on the back-burner after Harvey Weinstein cut his Cormac McCarthy adaptation, All the Pretty Horses, to shreds, his acting career was white-hot, earning a best-supporting actor nomination for Sam Raimi's A Simple Plan and leading movies such as Monster's Ball, Friday Night Lights, The Man Who Wasn't There, and netting high profile supporting roles in Armageddon, Primary Colors, Bandits, Love Actually and so many more.His career really gained momentum when he signed on to play the lead in perhaps his most iconic film, Bad Santa, which became an R-rated Christmas classic. At the same time, the public became fascinated by Thornton's eccentricities, including the fact that he and his then-wife Angelina Jolie wore pendants of each other's blood and his well-known aversion to antique furniture. There's also his viral CBC interview in which he sparred with the now-cancelled Jian Ghomeshi, but through it all Thornton has stayed firmly on the Hollywood A-list, with him especially prominent on TV thanks to roles on Fargo and Goliath. We dig into his career in this episode of WTF Happened to this Celebrity, which is written (with Brad Hamerly), narrated and produced by Taylor James Johnson, and edited by Adam Walton.

Tyler and Konnery are joined by returning action lad Tuireann O'Neill to cover the simply titled "The Equalizer 2"! Together they discuss Denzel's skills as a Lyft driver, Pedro Pascal's villain role right before he became America's Dad, the various side missions Robert McCall goes on to better his community, and so much more on this mural-painting episode of The Friendchise Podcast! What's New: Tyler: Batman: Return to Arkham - Arkham Asylum (PS5), The Mosquito Coast (1986) (Kanopy) Kon: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Max) Tuireann: All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

The story of a storyteller who can't think of a story to tell, and how a stranger solves that problem by getting him fired and taking him on wacky adventures with too many beheadings. The creature is the Lou Carcolh. Brace yourself, snail links are coming. Snails: I don't know if this is a good price for snails: https://myths.link/snails No idea why I find this video of a snail eating a cucumber so unnerving, but here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifjpgt26osY Here's one eating a strawberry. I hate this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhXJxUgY46Q Snail eating spaghetti. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw-D9cdGAjo Very solid post and one of my sources for the Lou Carcolh: https://myths.link/carcolh Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership --- Sponsors Smalls: For 50% off your first order, head to https://Smalls.com/LEGENDS and use code LEGENDS. Factor: Factor is our time saver! With restaurant-quality, ready-to-eat meal delivery bursting with flavor, Factor takes the stress out of meal time. Try it and get 50 percent off at https://FactorMeals.com/legends50 AND use code: legends50 --- Music "Peter Gray" by Chad Crouch  "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" by Chad Crouch  "All the Pretty Horses" by Chad Crouch

Happy New Year! Rhys and Colin are back together to discuss Made Like the Maker, the second volume in Colin's modernization of Thomas Traherne's Christian Ethics. They talk about who Traherne was, before diving into the nature of Christian ethics, what wisdom of "the whole" means, and Colin's provocative introductory essay to the book.Subscribe to Ad Fontes from just $2.50 per month! Gain access to our quaterly print editions and exclusive interviews, and support our work.Subscribe here: https://adfontesjournal.com/subscribe/Timestamps00:00:00 – 00:08:31 - welcome; intro to Thomas Traherne00:08:40 - 00:22:10 - the nature of Christian ethics00:22:21 - 00:27:03 - wisdom and knowledge of the whole00:27:13 - 00:42:00 - the spiritual technology of Christian poetics00:42:08 - end - what we're reading; spotlight; wrap-upCurrently ReadingColin: The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien Rhys: All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy   Texts DiscussedMade Like the Maker by Thomas Traherne"Errantry" by J.R.R. TolkienSpotlightNatural Theology: A Biblical and Historical Introduction and Defense (Second Edition) by David HainesMusicIntro and Outro:Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-scCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0sLink Music:New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-scCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfnTo find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.

You could say David Mills is “old-school” in his method of creating custom saddles and other leather items. Mills, who earned acclaim when he made one-of-a-kind leather chaps used in the movies “8 Seconds” and “All the Pretty Horses,” gradually turned away about four years ago from modern leatherworking machines and began collecting the vintage leatherworking machinery he currently uses. He says historic equipment is the only kind he wants to use. Mills started collecting vintage equipment “because they don't make this type of stuff anymore,” he explained. “What little is made is cheap stuff copied by China. I'm all...Article Link

The Drunk Guys stirrup some trouble with beer this week when they read All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy and are joined by the Bitches and Bourbon Podcast. They ride with: Beer for Dealing With Your Family by Off Color, Matricide by Nightmare Brewing, French Toast by Campfire by

In this episode we sit down with author Ed Park to discuss his newest novel Same Bed Different Dreams. Same Bed Different Dreams is Park's second novel, his first, Personal Days was published in 2008. His recent release is a masterpiece of post modern fiction, taking over 9 years to complete, yet despite it's unique narrative structure, his sophomore novel remains entertaining and perhaps more importantly, approachable to readers of all kinds. We take a deep dive on Ed's favorite authors, inspirations, and how the heck he wrote such an incredible novel with its zany blend of history, pop-culture, sports and more. Books mentioned in this episode: Personal Days by Ed Park  Big Bang by David Bowman https://amzn.to/3GYXXHm Let the Dog Drive by David Bowman https://amzn.to/3TDtSEM Warlock by Oakley Hall https://amzn.to/3RZT6MB Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon https://amzn.to/3RDtL9F Pafko at the Wall by Don DeLillo https://amzn.to/4aMqdea Mason and Dixon by Thomas Pynchon https://amzn.to/48bnZ65 Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace https://amzn.to/48xb2Dt A Frolic of HIs Own by William Gaddis https://amzn.to/3RVCIwy The Recognitions by William Gaddis True Grit by Charles Portis https://amzn.to/3TGc8Zw The Dog of the South by Charles Portis https://amzn.to/4azIECE Masters of Atantis by Charles Portis https://amzn.to/3tEuv6n Who Sleeps with Katz by Todd McEwan https://amzn.to/48yv5la Natural History by Maureen Howard https://amzn.to/3RVcSsv  Ducks Newburyport by Lucy Ellman https://amzn.to/48xbPnZ Septology by Jon Fosse https://amzn.to/48pgSag Immediate Family by Ashley Nelson Levy https://amzn.to/47eID3Z Austerlitz by WG Sebald https://amzn.to/3TA6yrD All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy https://amzn.to/48aiox5 The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth McKenzie https://amzn.to/3GXkBjl The Theory of the Leisure  Class by Thorstein Veblen https://amzn.to/3GWlYir Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell https://amzn.to/3NKzd9M A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan https://amzn.to/4aAmBLY A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell https://amzn.to/3RLLs7g Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon https://amzn.to/3vjGfMo The Watchman by Alan Moore https://amzn.to/3RYItcU Maus by Art Speiglenman https://amzn.to/3TDVFF6 Fun Home by Allison Bechdel https://amzn.to/479XNYx It's a good life if you don't weaken by Seth https://amzn.to/48xt0FV Grass by  Keum Suk Gendry-Kim https://amzn.to/48p3Rxg

The guest for this episode is Dr. Nick Monk, who joins me for a consideration of perhaps McCarthy's most idiosyncratic work.  The 90s were an exciting time for McCarthy fans.  In 92 he published the award winning All the Pretty Horses, followed two years later by the next installment in the Border Trilogy, The Crossing. Before he would go on to close out the trilogy in 98, however, in 1995 he also published a strange and fascinating play, The Stonemason. The play is about the Telfairs, a family of Black stone masons in Louisville, Kentucky.  The play examines the mystical and perhaps metafictional notion of stone masonry.  Using experimental techniques, we follow Ben Telfair in his worshipful relationship to his 100 year old stonemason grandfather, Papaw.  The play was canceled both figuratively and literally before it was ever fully produced.  Was it shut down because of McCarthy's appropriation of Black life? Or because the novelist included elements in the play which are more or less impossible to stage?  Both? Dr. Nick Monk is the author of True and Living Prophet of Destruction: Cormac McCarthy and Modernity, published in 2016 by the University of New Mexico Press, and he edited the collection Intertextual and Interdisciplinary Approaches to Cormac McCarthy: Borders and Crossings from 2012. Nick has also published on McCarthy and the ‘Desert Gothic,' Native American literature – particularly Leslie Silko – intercultural communication, identity, and teaching and learning in higher education. Nick is currently Director of the Center for Transformative Teaching, and Honorary Professor in the Department of English, at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.As always, readers should beware: there be spoilers here.Thanks to Thomas Frye, who composed, performed, and produced the music for READING MCCARTHY.  The views of the host and his guests do not necessarily reflect the views of their home institutions or the Cormac McCarthy Society, although in our hearts we hope they'll someday see the light.  We appreciate favorable reviews on your favorite podcasting platform.  If you enjoy this podcast you may also enjoy the GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL PODCAST, hosted by myself and Kirk Curnutt. To contact me, please reach out to readingmccarthy(@)gmail.com. Despite the evening redness in the west Reading McCarthy is also on Twitter.  The website is at readingmccarthy.buzzsprout.com, and if you'd like to support the show you can click on the little heart symbol at the top of the webpage to buy the show a cappuccino.Support the showStarting in spring of 2023, the podcast will accept minor sponsorship offers to offset the costs of the podcast. This may cause a mild disconnect in earlier podcasts where the host asks for patrons in lieu of sponsorships. But if we compare it to a very large and naked bald man in the middle of the desert who leads you to an extinct volcano to create gunpowder, it seems pretty minor...

Each year 6 different authors win the Pulitzer prize. In 2016, Viet Thanh Nguyen won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction with his book The Sympathizer. On its surface the Sympathizer is about a North Vietnamese spy, but in reality it's a story about searching for one's identity. In this episode, Andy and Tony break down the Sympathizer and talk about its themes: communism, capitalism, socialism, colonialism, class warfare, social norms, and so much more. The Sympathizer is diverse, unique, and definitely a great piece of modern literature. Join us for the discussion! Books mentioned in the podcast (in no particular order) The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen https://amzn.to/3uepwcv Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming by Laszlo Kraznahorkai https://amzn.to/3FOjD8L Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park https://amzn.to/49vJZdh All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy https://amzn.to/47nVK3l Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon https://amzn.to/47ay432 War Trash by Ha Jin https://amzn.to/40BOWgA Libra by Don Delillo https://amzn.to/40xriS4 The Trees Grew Because I Bled There by Eric LaRocca https://amzn.to/3MEMdNt Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace https://amzn.to/49sibX2 The Bridge at No Gun Ri https://amzn.to/468MHCt The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck https://amzn.to/462rb29 Monument Maker by David Keenan https://amzn.to/3ssYSfF Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger https://amzn.to/3FPgtkT Schopenhaur's Telescope by Gerard Donovan https://amzn.to/40yBPga

In the wake of Cormac McCarthy's passing on June 13, 2023, a number of excellent tributes and discussion pieces were published.  In this second of three tribute episode, we've asked for permission for the authors to read some of those tributes to McCarthy here on the podcast and we have also solicited a couple of others.   The guests this episode include: Stacey Peebles, Chair of the English program, Director of Film Studies, and the Marlene and David Grissom Professor of Humanities at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, author of Cormac McCarthy and Performance: Page, Stage, Screen (2017) and co-editor  of Approaches to Teaching the Works of Cormac McCarthy (2022, MLA press); she has been editor of the Cormac McCarthy Journal since 2010, and is now the President of the Cormac McCarthy Society; her tribute originally appeared in Publisher's Weekly.  Bill Hardwig, Associate Professor of English at the University of Tennessee. His book Upon Provincialism: Southern Literature and National Periodical Culture, 1870-1900 was published by the University of Virginia Press in 2013.  He has written and published various essays on McCarthy and is currently working on a book-length study of McCarthy's fiction tentatively titled How Cormac Works: McCarthy, Language, and Style.  He is also creator of the website Literary Knox (www.literaryknox.com), which presents the rich literary history of the city in which he lives and works, Knoxville, Tennessee.  Previously published in The Conversation. Marty Priola launched the first McCarthy website (Cormacmccarthy.com) and is a founding member of the Cormac McCarthy society.  He has written two entries on McCarthy for the Dictionary of Literary Biography. His writing is also featured in exchanges with Peter Josyph in Cormac Mccarthy's House: Reading Mccarthy Without Walls and The Wrong Reader's Guide To Cormac Mccarthy: All The Pretty Horses, which he edited and published in its first (ebook) form.  He wrote this piece especially for the podcast.   Casey Spinks is a Ph.D. candidate in theology at Baylor University. He is writing a dissertation on Søren Kierkegaard's ontology in his religious discourses. He writes from Waco, Texas.  His piece was published on the webzine Front Porch Republic.  Multitalented Peter Josyph has joined us for talks on Suttree and his own works, which include The Wrong Reader's Guide to Cormac McCarthy: All the Pretty Horses; Adventures in Reading Cormac McCarthy; Cormac McCarthy's House: Reading McCarthy Without Walls; Liberty Street: Encounters at Ground Zero; and The Wounded River, which was a New York Times Notable Book of 1993. His films include the award-winning Liberty Street: Alive at Ground Zero; as well as Acting McCarthy: The Making of Billy Bob Thornton's All the Pretty Horses. Solicited for the podcast from a longer piece.  As always, readers should beware: there be spoilers here. All music for Reading McCarthy is composed, performed, and produced by Thomas Frye.  The views of the host and his guests do not necessarily reflect the views of their home institutions or the Cormac McCarthy Society.  We appreciate favorable reviews on your favorite podcasting platform.  If you enjoy this podcast you may also enjoy the GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL PODCAST, hosted by myself andSupport the showStarting in spring of 2023, the podcast will accept minor sponsorship offers to offset the costs of the podcast. This may cause a mild disconnect in earlier podcasts where the host asks for patrons in lieu of sponsorships. But if we compare it to a very large and naked bald man in the middle of the desert who leads you to an extinct volcano to create gunpowder, it seems pretty minor...

Mario and Tom take a harrowing walk around the American West and pontificate on the films made from the work of Cormac McCarthy: The Counsellor (15:45), Sunset Limited (33:15), The Road (40:15), No Country for Old Men (58:30), and All the Pretty Horses (1:06:15). They even touch on James Franco's adaptation of Child of God, but its total shit so they dont dwell on it for more than a minute or two.

The bombs fell, and the world ended. A man and his pregnant wife survived the blasts. Their son would be born into a world changed entire. It grew darker, and colder, and more violent. The new world was grim and grey and relentless, and the wife could not bear to live in it. The man and his young son had to set out on the road, alone, heading south. The road, though, is dangerous. Cannibals and slavers and men driven mad with hunger roam the hills. Even if the man can avoid marauders, will he be clever and lucky enough to find food and supplies in the picked-over remains of civilization to feed his son? And every day that they survive, they have to ask themselves if it is worth surviving. What awaits them in the south, on the coast?Join the Hugonauts book club on discord!Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer videoSimilar books we recommend: Anything by Cormac McCarthy - Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, No Country for Old Men, etc.Parable of the Sower - Octavia Butler (https://hugonauts.simplecast.com/episodes/parable-of-the-sower)A Canticle for Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller Jr. (https://hugonauts.simplecast.com/episodes/a-canticle-for-leibowitz-who-knew-the-nuclear-apocalypse-could-be-so-funny)

Editor and literary critic Oscar Villalon joins V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to celebrate the life and legacy of the novelist Cormac McCarthy, who died last month. The hosts and Villalon reflect on McCarthy's vast vocabulary and cinematic descriptions, in which he juxtaposed lyrical prose with graphic violence. Villalon considers McCarthy's use of regionally accurate Spanish in the Border Trilogy as evidence of the author's broad understanding of the U.S.'s multilingual diversity. Villalon also reads and discusses a passage from McCarthy's 1994 novel The Crossing, the second book in the trilogy. To hear the full episode, subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. Check out video versions of our interviews on the Fiction/Non/Fiction Instagram account, the Fiction/Non/Fiction YouTube Channel, and our show website: https://www.fnfpodcast.net/ This episode of the podcast was produced by Anne Kniggendorf and Todd Loughran. Oscar Villalon ZYZZYVA LitHub “Barbarians at the Wall,” by Oscar Villalon, from Virginia Quarterly Review Oscar Villalon (@ovillalon) · Twitter Cormac McCarthy The Orchard Keeper (1965) Outer Dark (1968) Child of God (1974) Suttree (1979) Blood Meridian, Or the Evening Redness in the West (1985) All the Pretty Horses (1992) The Crossing (1994) Cities of the Plain (1998) No Country for Old Men (2005) The Road (2006) The Passenger (2022) Stella Maris (2022) Others: “Cormac McCarthy, Novelist of a Darker America, Is Dead at 89,” by Dwight Garner, The New York Times “Cormac McCarthy Had a Remarkable Literary Career. It Could Never Happen Now,” by Dan Sinykin, The New York Times “Albert R. Erskine, 81, an Editor For Faulkner and Other Authors,” by Bruce Lambert, The New York Times Paul Yamazaki on Fifty Years of Bookselling at City Lights, by Mitchell Kaplan, Literary Hub “Crossing the Blood Meridian: Cormac McCarthy and American History,” by Bennett Parten, Los Angeles Review of Books Oprah's Exclusive Interview with Cormac McCarthy - Video - June 1, 2008 Oprah on Cormac McCarthy's Life In Books Oprah's Book Club William Faulkner Cormac McCarthy, MacArthur Foundation Grant City Lights Booksellers and Publishers The Crystal Frontier by Carlos Fuentes Roberto Bolaño Larry McMurtry King James Version of the Bible/Old Testament/Apostle Paul Saul Bellow Ernest Hemingway Caroline Casey Fiction/Non/Fiction Season 1, Episode 7: What Was It Like to Care About Books 20 Years Ago? Fiction/Non/Fiction Season 1, Episode 24: Oscar Villalon and Arthur Phillips on Getting That Big, Fat Writer's Advance Fiction/Non/Fiction Season 5, Episode 10: ‘How on Earth Do You Judge Books?': Susan Choi and Oscar Villalon on the Real Story Behind Literary Awards Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erin and Paul pay tribute to the late literary lion Cormac McCarthy by reviewing two films based on his writing: Billy Bob Thornton's 2000 adaptation of his novel ALL THE PRETTY HORSES is our art pick, and Ridley Scott's baroque 2013 all-star thriller THE COUNSELOR.

What does the title mean? I dunno. But I do know that we talk about Deadpool 3, Zazie Bootz, John Romita, Cormac Mccarthy, Robert E Howard, Orchard Keeper, Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, No Country for Old Men, The Road, and Diablo 4. Buckle up, Buttercup, it's time for a GeekShock!

This week's Nose thinks that a semicolon is worth fighting a civil war about. Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb is a 2022 documentary directed by Lizzie Gottlieb. We decided late Monday or early Tuesday — kind of randomly, to be honest — that we wanted to talk about this movie this week. And then Robert Gottlieb died on Wednesday. The Nose feels vaguely, cosmically responsible. On the other hand, we're glad we get to talk about Gottlieb at length this hour. And: “The Binge Purge” is a nearly 6,000-word New York magazine feature on TV's broken streaming model and what the hell Hollywood can possibly do about it. The Nose has thoughts. Some other stuff that happened this week, give or take: Cormac McCarthy, Novelist of a Darker America, Is Dead at 89 “All the Pretty Horses,” “The Road” and “No Country for Old Men” were among his acclaimed books that explore a bleak world of violence and outsiders. Glenda Jackson, Oscar-Winning Actress Turned Politician, Dies at 87 She walked away from a successful acting career to enter the British Parliament, before returning to the stage as the title character in an acclaimed “King Lear.” Treat Williams, Actor Known for ‘Hair' and ‘Everwood,' Dies at 71 His many other roles included a detective turned informant in “Prince of the City.” He was killed in a motorcycle accident in Vermont. Pat Sajak, host of ‘Wheel of Fortune,' says 41st season will be his last 10 of the Most Valuable Cassette Tapes From the ‘80s and ‘90s The Startling Intimacy of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour Even addressing a stadium of seventy thousand people, the singer seems to be speaking directly to you, confessing something urgent. Paul McCartney Used AI to Purify John Lennon's Voice on Upcoming ‘Last Beatles Record': AI ‘Is Kind of Scary, but Exciting Because It's the Future' This alien ocean is the first known to have all elements crucial for life The subsurface waters on an icy moon of Saturn appear to contain the ingredients needed for ‘habitability' GUESTS: Illeana Douglas: The Official Movie Star of The Colin McEnroe Show Gene Seymour: A “writer, professional spectator, pop-culture maven, and jazz geek” Lindsay Lee Wallace: Writes about culture, health care and health equity, and other stuff, too Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omny.fm/listener for privacy information.

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Cormac McCarthy died Tuesday at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Throughout his long career, he wrote novels that could be bleak and violent but that were also hailed for his beautiful prose. Some of his best-known works include, "No Country for Old Men," "All the Pretty Horses" and "The Road." Geoff Bennett discussed McCarthy's legacy with Walter Kirn. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Amy and Geoff review the popular fiction novel Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson and literary fiction novel Ghost Music by An Yu. Pineapple Street is a bird's eye view into the moneyed Brooklyn Heights family The Stocktons. Sasha, a middle-class New England girl, marries into the family and tries to find her way. Set in Beijing, Ghost Music is a quiet book that examines the sad life of retired concert pianist Song Yan. A mysterious parcel of mushrooms begins arriving at her door each week and suddenly her life changes. Geoff also talks about his third failed attempt at reading Cormac McCarthy.Books and Resources discussed:The Passenger by Cormac McCarthyStella Maris by Cormac McCarthyThe Road by Cormac McCarthyAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyPineapple Street by Jenny JacksonGhost Music by An YuBraised Pork by An YuWiser than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, podcastThe Diplomat, NetflixFollow Red Fern Book Review:Website and to leave a voicemail: https://www.redfernbookreview.comInstagram: @redfernbookreviewFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/Newsletter: https://www.redfernbookreview.com/newsletter

This week, a Chinese man hid lottery winnings from his wife for years, Alex Jones says the government is coming…for his kitty cat, and they've found a valley full of dinosaurs in China…or have they?   Hosts: Kevin Harrison, Mike Wiebe, Brian Camp Producer & Music: Mark Ryan Announcer: Nancy Walker Graphic Designer: Mike Tidwell   Merch: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/79908204 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/internationalnewspod

Frequent guests Steven Frye and Stacey Peebles join me for another roundup of All the Pretty Horses, the National Book Award winning novel which finally forced the literary world to sit up and take notice of McCarthy.  We climb on and hold tight for this ride through this incredible novel.  Stacey Peebles is Chair of the English program, Director of Film Studies, and the Marlene and David Grissom Professor of Humanities at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.  She is the author of Welcome to the Suck: Narrating the American Soldier's Experience in Iraq (Cornell Univ Press, 2011) and Cormac McCarthy and Performance: Page, Stage, Screen (Univ of Texas, 2017).  She is editor of the collection Violence in Literature and, with Ben West, is co-editor of the volume Approaches to Teaching the Works of Cormac McCarthy, published this past year by MLA.  She has published widely on the representation of contemporary war and on McCarthy, and has been editor of the Cormac McCarthy Journal since 2010.   Steve Frye is professor and chair of English at California State University, Bakersfield and President of the Cormac McCarthy Society. He is the author of Understanding Cormac McCarthy (Univ. of South Carolina Press) and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Cormac McCarthy, and Cambridge UP's Cormac McCarthy in Context. He has written numerous journal articles on Cormac McCarthy and other authors of the American Romanticist Tradition.  Additionally, he is the author of the novel Dogwood Crossing and the forthcoming book, Unguessed Kinships: Naturalism and the Geography of Hope in Cormac McCarthy, University of Alabama Press.  Listeners are reminded this is a show of approachable literary criticism and not a review show, and so we don't always shy away from spoilers; discussions of his novel may spoil other parts of the Border Trilogy. Thanks as well to Thomas Frye, who composed, performed, and produced the music for READING MCCARTHY.  The views of the host and his guests do not necessarily reflect the views of their home institutions or the Cormac McCarthy Society. Download and follow us on Apple, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts.  Listeners may also enjoy the GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL PODCAST, hosted by myself and Kirk Curnutt.  To contact me, please reach out to readingmccarthy(@)gmail.com. Despite the evening redness in the west Reading McCarthy is also on Twitter; the website is at readingmccarthy.buzzsprout.com.   Support the showStarting in spring of 2023, the podcast will accept minor sponsorship offers to offset the costs of the podcast. This may cause a mild disconnect in earlier podcasts where the host asks for patrons in lieu of sponsorships. But if we compare it to a very large and naked bald man in the middle of the desert who leads you to an extinct volcano to create gunpowder, it seems pretty minor...

Episode 35 takes a first ride across the border with the novel that would elevate McCarthy's profile and career.  All the Pretty Horses won McCarthy the National Book Award following its publication in 1992 and was McCarthy's first best-selling novel. Our guest for this episode is Dr. Allen Joseph. A Hemingway scholar as well as a Cormackian, Allen Joseph is a past president of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation and Society and a past president of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association. He is the author of 15 books, including On Hemingway and Spain: Essays and Reviews 1979 – 2013; White Wall of Spain: The Mysteries of Andalusian Culture; and For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ernest Hemingway's Undiscovered Country. He has edited four critical editions of the poetry of Federico García Lorca and a book of translations of Lorca's poetry and prose, Only Mystery: Federico García Lorca's Poetry in Word and Image. He has published numerous articles on Spain and Hispanic culture in the Atlantic, the New Republic, the Virginia Quarterly, the North Dakota Quarterly, and New York Times Book Review, as well as many publications in scholarly journals. Additionally he has published numerous essays on McCarthy, some of which have been collected in  On Cormac McCarthy: Essays on Mexico, Crime, Hemingway and God, published by New Street in 2016. Recently, he has translated with his daughter poet Laura Juliet Wood the work of Spanish poet Fernando Valverde, and their translation of The Insistence of Harm appeared in 2019 from the University Press of Florida. Future projects include a thematic memoir, centered on Josephs' literary and taurine experiences from 1962 to the present. He is University Research Professor and Professor of Spanish at the University of West Florida where he has taught for more than five decades.  Thanks to Thomas Frye, who composed, performed, and produced the theme music and interludes for READING MCCARTHY.  The views of the host and his guests do not necessarily reflect the views of their home institutions or the Cormac McCarthy Society. To contact me, please reach out to readingmccarthy(@)gmail.com. Find us on Twitter and Facebook; the website is at readingmccarthy.buzzsprout.com, and if you'd like to support the show you can click on the little heart symbol at the top of the page to buy the show a cappuccino, or you can support us at www.patreon.com/readingmccarthy. Note: the first drop of this episode had a 10 second dead spot at about the 25:40 mark; that's been fixed.  If you still have it on your episode, either refresh or delete the episode and download again.Support the show

In this episode, Peter discusses his peak reading out loud phase, Matt and his mom agree on "All the Pretty Horses," and a new book is added to the TBR. Of course, there's lots more that we discuss, including Peter losing another bet and some early 2023 reading goals. Enjoy! Book added to TBR: The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne Contact Us: Instagram @therewillbbooks Twitter @therewillbbooks Email willbebooks@gmail.com Goodreads: Therewillbebooks ko-fi.com/therewillbbooks patreon.com/therewillbbooks

We're closing out 2022 with something new: A Poured Over Double Shot with host Miwa Messer.  Cormac McCarthy doesn't really do interviews — If you want to know about the work, it's on the page, he says. Jenny Jackson and Chip Kidd are part of the team that publish McCarthy; Jenny's been his editor for the last eight years, and Chip has designed McCarthy's hardcover jackets from 1992's All the Pretty Horses all the way up to this fall's The Passenger and Stella Maris, along with the recent reissues of McCarthy's backlist including Suttree, Blood Meridian and No Country for Old Men. They join us to talk about McCarthy's surprising new books — his first since Pulitzer Prize winner The Road (2006), getting the jackets right and more in the first half of this Poured Over Double Shot episode. When a pal asked Cheryl Strayed to take over writing the “Dear Sugar” column in The Rumpus, her first thought was, “Who am I to give people advice? I'd never taken a class in psychology or gone to therapy or any of that stuff. But also, I was afraid specifically to write an advice column on the internet, because it was the age of snark…” Cheryl's open-hearted, non-judgmental letters to readers redefined the medium — and inspired two podcasts, Dear Sugars and Sugar Calling. Some of that work is collected in Tiny Beautiful Things, which was adapted into an acclaimed stage play by Nia Vardalos and is coming to Hulu next year as a series starring Kathryn Hahn (WandaVision). Cheryl joins us to talk about trust and empathy, finding freedom by writing letters to strangers, what she's working on now and more in the second half of this episode. Featured Books: The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy Torch by Cheryl Strayed Wild by Cheryl Strayed Tiny Beautiful Things (10th Anniversary Edition) by Cheryl Strayed   Poured Over is Produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. We're taking a break until 1/3/23, but we'll be back with new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) then.

Cormac McCarthy is a literary icon. Winner of the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award for his novel All the Pretty Horses, and the Pulitzer Prize for his apocalyptic novel The Road, Norma's earlier novel, Blood Meridian has been labelled The Great American Novel. Many people did not know that this cultural giant is also fascinated by, and amazingly knowledgeable about science. Reading his newest books, The Passenger and Stella Maris (released this week!), however, and that becomes obvious. The protagonists are mathematical and physics prodigies, and just as one may requires a dictionary to keep up with the the remarkably diverse prose in Cormac's writing, some people may need to consult some popular books on science to fully appreciate the scientific asides sprinkled throughout both volumes. I first met Cormac at the Santa Fe Institute back when I was considering a possible position there as its Director, some years ago. I was shocked to walk into the kitchenette there and discover him, as I had no idea that is where he spent his time. But, as we discuss in our dialogue, he moved to Santa Fe at the invitation of Nobel Laureate physicist Murray Gell Mann to join the new Institute. Cormac and I became fast friends then, and have remained friends ever since. The best hour of radio I ever did was with Cormac and Werner Herzog, on the occasion of Herzog's film Cave of Forgotten Dreams, where both Cormac and Werner talked with amazing authority about the evolution paleontology of early modern humans. Then later, he honored me by asking if he could copyedit the paperback version of my book Quantum Man, a scientific biography of Richard Feynman. He said he wanted to make the paperback version ‘perfect', in part by removing all exclamation marks and semicolons.. Of course I said yes, and we added his name as copyeditor on the front page! I have known that Cormac is extremely reluctant to appear in public or do interviews. He agreed to appear in our film The Unbelievers, which was a great gift, but has often demurred when I have asked him to appear in other public panels on subjects we love to talk about in private. So, when I asked him if, on the occasion of the publication of his new books, the first books in 16 years, if we could sit down and record a conversation about science for The Origins Podcast, I was shocked and thrilled when he agreed. He is 89 years old now, and I was so pleased to have the chance to record some of his thoughts on science for posterity.He invited us into his home for an afternoon conversation after a long lunch, and the conversation that ensued was much like the conversations we have had over the years. Cormac loves to discuss science, but prefers to listen to physicists talk about their work rather than initiate conversations. He is, after all, notoriously laconic. But when he does speak about science, his insights are fascinating. Using some of the ideas discussed in his new books a launching points, our discussion ranged over quantum mechanics, the role of mathematics in science, and whether there will ever be a theory of everything. There were a variety of challenges that day, including the difficulty of filming something in a sunlight room without window shades, but the end result was unique and memorable. I hope you agree. As always, an ad-free video version of this podcast is also available to paid Critical Mass subscribers. Your subscriptions support the non-profit Origins Project Foundation, which produces the podcast. The audio version is available free on the Critical Mass site and on all podcast sites, and the video version will also be available on the Origins Project Youtube channel as well. Get full access to Critical Mass at lawrencekrauss.substack.com/subscribe

Guests: Robert Norton, William Inboden, & Brent Cline Host Scot Bertram talks with Robert Norton, Vice President and General Counsel of Hillsdale College and a former top-level legal executive of automakers, about questions that persist regarding the adoption of electric vehicles. William Inboden tells us about his deep look into President Ronald Reagan's foreign policy record in The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink. And Brent Cline, Associate Professor of English at Hillsdale, returns for a trip through Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses, the first of his "Border Trilogy."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All the pretty horses ... where do they all come from? All the pretty horses? Where do they all belong?Did you know Cormac McCarthy was born in Rhode Island? He had to work to sort of figure out how to become a southern western gothic writer, or whatever he is. Anyway, The Bookening talks about All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Author Al Campbell joins us to discuss her debut book 'The Keepers,' a fictionalised account of her own life both as the mother of two autistic boys and the survivor of an abusive parent.  Al shares the reasons behind her choice to write fiction instead of memoir, what people don't realise about the life of a full-time carer, and the struggle for disability advocacy.  'The Keepers' is a contemporary Australian novel infused with deep love and wild torment, 'about the damage done by parents who can't love, the failures of a community that only claims to care, and the resilience of those whose stories mostly go untold'. Born in Brisbane, Al Campbell is a mother and full-time carer. Long ago she studied a bit, acted a bit, and pulled a lot of beers. Her first publication was in 'Overland' in 2020, followed by a story in 'Signs of Life.' 'The Keepers' is about issues – and people – that matter to her more than anything. Get your copy of 'The Keepers' from your local bookshop, Booktopia or wherever good books are sold. Plus, check out the online courses from Writing NSW, including the six-week Online: Creative Non-fiction with Ashley, starting 31 October.  Books and authors discussed in this episode: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte; David Vann; Far from the Tree by Andrew Solomon; We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver; The Signal Line by Brendan Colley; Denizen by James McKenzie Watson; The Writer Laid Bare by Lee Kofman (who we spoke to back in ep 4); The Suspect by Michael Robotham; The Road by Cormac McCarthy; All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy; Curlews on Vulture Street by Darryl Jones; The Whispering by Veronica Lando; Vikki Petraitis James' novel 'Denizen' is out now! Learn more about it and buy your copy here.  Get in touch! Ashley's website: ashleykalagianblunt.com Ashley's Twitter: @AKalagianBlunt Ashley's Instagram: @akalagianblunt James' website: jamesmckenziewatson.com James' Twitter: @JamesMcWatson James' Instagram: @jamesmcwatson

Welcome to our zaniest episode yet, in which Tricia springs an idea on the girls for an impromptu conversation on a new brainstorm. How does it go? We're still not sure - you tell us! Books mentioned in this episode: Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling Gabriel Allon Series by D Silva The Mitford Series by J Karon Withering Heights by E Bronte Hannah Coulter by W Berry Terry Pratchet (ex Good Omens) The Space Trilogy by CS Lewis Ender's Game by OS Card Atlas Shrugged by A Rand 1894 by G Orwell The End We Start From by M Hunter All the Pretty Horses by C McCarthy  B1KlkKIFcv02LjQTe3An

Everything is topsy-turvy for this episode as returning guest Peter Josyph seizes control of the station and turns the tables on your regular host Scott Yarbrough, interviewing him.  Regular host Scott Yarbrough is the co-author of A Practical Introduction to Literary Study, co-editor with Rick Wallach of the two volume Carrying the Fire casebook collections of essays on The Road, and author of numerous essays on McCarthy, Faulkner, Hemingway, and others.  Peter Josyph is an Author, Actor, Artist, Auteur, musician and composer and more Peter Josyph's books include The Wrong Reader's Guide to Cormac McCarthy: All the Pretty Horses; Adventures in Reading Cormac McCarthy; Cormac McCarthy's House: Reading McCarthy Without Walls; Liberty Street: Encounters at Ground Zero; The Way of the Trumpet; What One Man Said to Another: Talks With Richard Selzer; and The Wounded River, which was a New York Times Notable Book of 1993. His films include the award-winning Liberty Street: Alive at Ground Zero; Shakespeare in New York; Hell; Bardtalk; A Few Things Basquiat Did in School; and Acting McCarthy: The Making of Billy Bob Thornton's All the Pretty Horses. As a painter his McCarthy-related exhibitions have shown in Sweden; England; Australia; and the far countries of Texas and Kentucky.  peter currently lectures on film for the Frick Estate Lectures at Nassau County Museum of Art on Long Island. Music includes (at 7:42 and 55:24) excerpts from “Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone” by the Carter Family, Victor 21638-A (1929), and as always original pieces by Thomas Frye, including the intro (“The World to Come”) interlude (“Toadvine”) and the outro (“Blues for Blevins”).   The views of the host and his guests do not necessarily reflect the views of their home institutions or the Cormac McCarthy Society.  To contact the host, please reach out to readingmccarthy(@)gmail.com. Find us on Twitter and Facebook; the website is at readingmccarthy.buzzsprout.com, and if you'd like to support the show you can click on the little heart symbol at the top of the page to buy the show a cappuccino, or you can support us at www.patreon.com/readingmccarthy. Support the show

38,000 people go missing every year in Australia, yet only a small number of these cases garner public interest. In 'The Missing Among Us,' author Erin Stewart explores the issue of missing persons from a variety of perspectives, including the lack of police resources that leave families leading their own searches, the Stolen Generations, and cults. And what drew Erin to the topic is just as fascinating.  Erin talks to Ashley and James about how the ambiguity of living with chronic illness drove her interest in missing persons. 'The Missing Among Us' is 'about finding a space for those conversations about ambiguous circumstances in order to understand the complex issue of missing persons.' She also describes her experiences with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and the research behind her book.  Erin Stewart is a Canberra-based freelance writer who has written for a range of Australian and international publications including Meanjin, Voiceworks, ABC Online, SBS Online, Daily Life, Overland, and many others. She has been an opinion columnist for The Age and made regular appearances on ABC Sydney Mornings to talk about books and the arts. An earlier version of this book was shortlisted for the Portobello Books Unpublished Manuscript Prize in the UK. She holds a PhD in non-fiction writing. You can buy a copy of 'The Missing Among Us' from your local bookshop, Booktopia or wherever else books are sold.  Books and authors discussed in this episode: The Myth of Closure by Pauline Boss; Brave New Humans by Sarah Dingle;  'What if there's no such thing as closure' by Meg Bernhard, New York Times; All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy; Missing Richard Simmons podcast  Ashley is teaching in-person at Writing NSW! Crafting Memoir: An Introduction. Saturday 7 May 2022, 10am-4pm, in-person at Writing NSW, Callan Park, Sydney. Visit Writing NSW to learn more about their online course program.  Get in touch! Ashley's website: ashleykalagianblunt.com Ashley's Twitter: @AKalagianBlunt Ashley's Instagram: @akalagianblunt James' website: jamesmckenziewatson.com James' Twitter: @JamesMcWatson James' Instagram: @jamesmcwatson

Fiona Robertson lived with migraines for years, writing short stories as a creative pursuit. Now she's free from migraines and the award-winning author of the debut short story collection, If You're Happy. Her work explores the lives of lonely people seeking happiness in a turbulent world.  She tells us about the common threads that bind her stories, why they're her chosen form, and how living with unpredictable chronic illness impacted her life and creative work.  Fiona is a writer and doctor. Her short fiction has been published in literary magazines and anthologies in Australia and the UK, and has been shortlisted for international competitions. Her collection of stories, If You're Happy, won the Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer at the 2020 Queensland Literary Awards. Fiona lives in Brisbane with her husband and children. Learn more about Fiona on her website, and buy a copy of 'If You're Happy' from your local bookshop, Booktopia or wherever else books are sold.  Books and authors discussed in this episode: Louise Allan; The Keepers by Al Campbell, plus her Sydney Morning Herald article, 'The disappointing question I most often got after writing a book';  Long Road to Dry River by Jen Severn; All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy; Child of God by Cormac McCarthy; Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy; David Vann; Denizen by James McKenzie Watson, out 19 July 2022!  Get in touch! Ashley's website: ashleykalagianblunt.com Ashley's Twitter: @AKalagianBlunt Ashley's Instagram: @akalagianblunt James' website: jamesmckenziewatson.com James' Twitter: @JamesMcWatson James' Instagram: @jamesmcwatson

Micah Mattix is joined by guest Dr. Michael Crews, author of Books Are Made Out of Books: A Guide to Cormac McCarthy's Literary Influences, to discuss Cormac McCarthy's novel, All the Pretty Horses.

How did bestselling author Steven Pressfield (“The Legend of Bagger Vance,” “The War of Art,” “A Man at Arms) spark the writing career of Brad Graft? And how was that career further inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Cormac McCarthy (“Blood Meridian,” “No Country for Old Men,” “All the Pretty Horses”)? Brad Graft, our guest for this episode, explains and also talks about his writing regimen and rituals.Brad Graft is author of the Brotherhood of the Mamluks trilogy consisting of the novels “Chains of Nobility,” “A Lion's Share” and “Edge of Armageddon.” The final installment of that trio (soon to be released) is set during the 13th century and is a story that brings together characters from books I and II. It features an enslaved nomad boy who rose to command a reconnaissance unit; Leander, the French soldier who abandoned the Crusades to join the devout Islamic warriors he admired, and a character from the Eurasian steppe who is now the charismatic leader of the elite Bahri Mamluks of Egypt. It's a tale of  betrayal and love, retribution and mercy, and abandonment and redemption — a compelling account of a historical battle, an unheralded clash whose outcome leaves crucial repercussions still felt today.Take a listen, and if you enjoy this podcast we hope you will subscribe and also share a link with friends, colleagues and family members who are avid readers or aspiring writers.Your host is Mike Consol, author of “Hardwood: A Novel About College Basketball and Other Games Young Men Play.” Write him at novelistspotlight@gmail.com

Your BSV Podcast hosts are back and doing what they do best - talking about Billy Zane! Justin and Mark run down some of the Zanester's best performances as they discuss his new sorta-action movie, FINAL KILL, for this week's Blind Buy. Also, they try and catch you up on a month of backlogged new releases from the store shutdown, including the new Scream Factory releases of Y2K-era classics IDLE HANDS and BONES and a massive (and massively heavy) GUNSMOKE collection. This episode is so packed full of stuff it's bursting at the seams! Mark Hanson (Product Manager of Bay Street Video) and Justin Decloux (Co-Host of The Important Cinema Club) take you through this week's new releases on Blu-ray and DVD live from BAY STREET VIDEO. CULT Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (shout) the Curse of The Werewolf (1961) (shout) the Lost Continent (1968) (shout) Munster, Go Home! (shout) Shatter (1974) (shout) Idle Hands (shout) Bones (2001) (shout) Terror Train (scorpion) Angel Trilogy (vinegar Syndrome) Hollywood Horror House (vinegar Syndrome) Xtro 3 (vinegar Syndrome) Public Affairs (vinegar Syndrome) Police Squad: Complete Series (paramount) Eddie Macon's Run (mill Creek) Hard Hunted (mill Creek) Fit to Kill (mill Creek) the Contractor (2007) / the Fan (1996) (mill Creek) Trapped (2002) (mill Creek) the Nines (2007) (mill Creek) CLASSIC Their Finest Hour: 5 British Ww2 Classics (film Movement) Gunsmoke: Complete Series (paramount) Beau Geste (1939) (kino) the Flame of New Orleans (1941) (kino) the General Died at Dawn (1936) (kino) the Lives of A Bengal Lancer (1935) (kino) Murder, He Says (1945) (kino) the Song of Songs (1933) (kino) Bluebeard's 8 Th Wife (1938) (kino) Supernatural (1933) (kino) Indiscretion of An American Wife (kino) the Great Leap (aka Der Grobe Sprung) (1927) (kino) Slings and Arrows: Complete Collection (acorn) All the Pretty Horses (2000) (mill Creek) Heroes (1977) (mill Creek) Unlikely Angel (1996) (mill Creek) Howl's Moving Castle (steelbook) (shout) Ponyo (steelbook) (shout) Homeboy (1988) (shout) Criminal Minds: Complete Series (paramount) NEW Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (disney) + Original Star Wars on Uhd Little Women (2019) (sony) Bad Boys for Life (sony) Birds of Prey (warner) Standing Up, Falling Down (shout) Ip Man 4: The Finale (well Go) the Captain (2019) (well Go) the Gentlemen (2019) (vvs) the Informer (2019) (vvs) the Rhythm Section (paramount) the Night Clerk (2020) (paramount) Just Mercy (2019) (warner) Citizen K (2019) (greenwich) the Cold Blue (2018) (kino) Lancaster Skies (shout) the Woman Who Loves Giraffes (kino) Cats (universal) Dolittle (universal) Ride Like a Girl (2019) (mongrel) the Photograph (2020) (universal) the Assent (2019) (vvs) Gretel and Hansel (warner) the Turning (2020) (universal) Fantasy Island (2020) (sony) Camp Cold Brook (shout) Exorcism at 60,000 Feet (shout) Escape from Pretoria (2020) (universal) Guns Akimbo (mongrel) Mr. Robot: Season 4 (universal) the Righteous Gemstones: Season 1 (hbo/warner) Lazy Susan (2020) (shout) Like a Boss (2020) (paramount) the Traitor (2019) (sony) Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge (dc/warner) the Jesus Rolls (screen Media) Bloodshot (sony) the Call of The Wild (2020) (disney/fox) Final Kill (2020) (cinedigm) ***blind Buy***