by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 20, 2012 | Featured, Writing
A great article in Slate bout Cormac McCarthy and what went on behind the scenes in the creation of Blood Meridian. Not from interviews with McCarthy, but distilled from the drafts of his work. There is a bit in this that mirrors the creative process highlighted in...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 18, 2011 | Asides
Just saw a trailer on HBO the other night for Cormac McCarthy’s The Sunset Limited. Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson are set to play the two characters, one of whom saves the other from jumping in front of a train. The trailer looked great.
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 10, 2009 | Commentary, Featured, Writing
Two great posts from John Gruber’s Daring Fireball yesterday. First, a piece in the New Yorker about the recent auction of Cormac McCarthy’s ancient Olivetti Lettera 32, the typewriter that McCarthy bought in a Knoxville, TN pawnshop for $50 and on...
by Jeffery Battersby | Nov 24, 2009 | Books, Commentary
There was a great interview today on NPR’s Morning Edition with director John Hillcoat, whose film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road hits theaters tomorrow. In the interview Hillcoat says that McCarthy’s novel: …just hit me like a...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 9, 2009 | Asides, On miPod
This is a book better read in your head, but if you’re an audio book kinda reader, the iTunes music store has Cormac McCarthy’s The Road on sale for the rest of the month for a mere $5. It’s stunning. While you’re there have a listen to...
