Ep. 29: Monsters & McCarthy

How do we balance the art someone creates with the knowledge that they may be a monster? Relevant conversation given the new information to have come out about Cormac McCarthy and Augusta Britt.

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Books Mentioned:

• Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer

• A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

• The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald

• Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

Further Reading:

• Cormac McCarthy’s Secret Muse Breaks Her Silence After Half a Century: “I Loved Him. He Was My Safety.” By Vincenzo Barney

• Let’s be honest with ourselves: Cormac McCarthy groomed a teenage girl by Moira Donegan

• A Long-Held Secret Is Now Public. Will It Alter Cormac McCarthy’s Legacy? by Alexandra Alter and Elisabeth Egan

• All the ways Vanity Fair messed up the literary scoop of the year by Liam Kelly

• Using AI for Book Recommendations

Deeper Dive

Cormac McCarthy Dated a 14-Year Old - New Update!

Should We Cancel Cormac McCarthy?

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