Cormac McCarthy scholars most recently gathered in Austin, Texas, in September 2017, and as always the conference was evidence of the ways our field is expanding and changing. Presentations over three days covered a number of topics, including film adaptations, new uses of the archives, experiences teaching McCarthy in a variety of contexts, and McCarthy's recent essay “The Kekulé Problem,” on language, evolution, and the unconscious. I'll note that the British Society for Phenomenology and Nottingham Trent University beat us to the punch on the latter, hosting a July conference “Cormac McCarthy and Philosophy” that was devoted in particular to a discussion of “Kekulé.” Their excellent papers are available as podcasts, linked here: http://www.britishphenomenology.org.uk/cormac-mccarthy-workshop/.

With this issue, as always, there's still more to talk about. Dianne Luce offers a fascinating reading of Outer Dark, drawing on evidence of the emotional and professional difficulties that McCarthy experienced during its...

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