Cormac McCarthy’s Coda: The Last Breath Of An Agnostic Materialist
The greatest living author in the United States passed away last month on June 13. Cormac McCarthy died of natural causes at the age of 89, having…
The greatest living author in the United States passed away last month on June 13. Cormac McCarthy died of natural causes at the age of 89, having…
T.S. Eliot famously said that “Dante and Shakespeare divide the world between them. There is no third.” If people know Dante, it’s probably related to his poem…
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