Cormac McCarthy: Unveiling a Literary Legend

SEPTEMBER 2 – DECEMBER 19, 2014
CORMAC McCARTHY  Unveiling a Literary Legend

Acclaimed as one of America’s most powerful writers, Cormac McCarthy has crafted some of the finest novels of our time, including All the Pretty Horses, No Country for Old Men, and The Road, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize. The Wittliff Collections draws from its extensive archive of McCarthy materials to provide a behind-the-scenes look at the meticulous creative process of this world-renowned author.

PETER JOSYPH: Cormac McCarthy’s House
New York-based writer, artist, actor, and filmmaker Peter Josyph left audiences spellbound when he last performed at the Wittliff Collections in 2010 as the keynote speaker for the Cormac McCarthy Society. Since then,the Wittliff published Josyph's book Cormac McCarthy’s House: Reading McCarthy Without Walls in its literary series with the University of Texas Press. To celebrate his book and the Wittliff's fall archives exhibition, Cormac McCarthy: Unveiling a Literary Legend, Josyph returns to dazzle and inform audiences seeking to understand the spirit of Pulitzer Prize winner Cormac McCarthy. Josyph’s books will be for sale at the event courtesy of the University Bookstore, and he will sign books after the program.

[above] Cormac McCarthy, © 1987, Bill Wittliff