Celebrating the writing of Cormac McCarthy. For more information, contact Bill Hardwig or Steve Blackwell. McCarthyFest is part of the AuthorFest series.

Thursday, November 1

4 – 5 PM

Keynote Address: “Cormac McCarthy, the City, and Performance”

Stacey Peebles, NEH Associate Professor of English, Director of the Film Studies Program, Centre College; Vice President of The Cormac McCarthy Society; and Editor of The Cormac McCarthy Journal

Lindsay Young Auditorium

UT Hodges Library

Keynote Address: “Cormac McCarthy, the City, and Performance” Stacey Peebles, NEH Associate Professor of English, Director of the Film Studies Program, Centre College; Vice President of The Cormac McCarthy Society; and Editor of The Cormac McCarthy Journal Lindsay Young Auditorium UT Hodges Library 7:30 – 9 PM

Abridged staged reading of Cormac McCarthy’s The Sunset Limited with post-performance discussion, Q&A, and refreshments

Actors: Greg Congleton and Steve Dupree

Respondent: Stacey Peebles

The Historic Southern Railway Station

306 W. Depot Avenue

Knoxville, TN 37917

Friday, November 2

1 – 2 PM

Student activities and McCarthy special collections display

Lindsay Young Auditorium

UT Hodges Library

Student activities and McCarthy special collections display Lindsay Young Auditorium UT Hodges Library 2 – 3:30 PM

“McCarthy’s Literature, Life, and Influence: A Discussion Panel”

Panelists: Roland Kopp, member of the musical group Buddy and the Huddle, Nuremberg, Germany Stacey Peebles, NEH Associate Professor of English and Director of the Film Studies Program, Centre College; Vice President of The Cormac McCarthy Society; Editor of The Cormac McCarthy Journal Wes Morgan, Professor Emeritus in the UT Department of Psychology, Longtime member of the Cormac McCarthy Society and author of many essays on McCarthy’s life and writing in Knoxville Liliana Gonzalez, Assistant Professor of Latino/a Literature, Culture, and Theory in the UT Departments of English and Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures

“McCarthy’s Literature, Life, and Influence: A Discussion Panel” Panelists:

Moderator:

Brad Bannon, Lecturer, UT Department of English, Co-editor of Cormac McCarthy’s Violent Destinies



Lindsay Young Auditorium

UT Hodges Library