Published Books

Science and Literature in Cormac McCarthy’s Expanding Worlds

A literary study of Cormac McCarthy’s work, including a biographical examination of the writer’s love of science and the path that led him to the Santa Fe Institute

  • Gracious (introduction) – A collection of contemporary poetry from the US South
  • Images of Depression-Era Louisiana – A unique collection of Americana
  • The Great Big Doorstep (introduction) – A Cajun classic beloved of Eudora Welty
  • Irish Catholic Writers and the Invention of the Amerian South – A literary history, from early immigration to the present
  • Rethinking the Irish in the American South – The American Irish shaped the history and culture of the southern states, too
  • Poet of the Lost Cause – a deep biographical dive into the life of Abram Ryan and the dangers of nationalism and symbolism
  • Southern Writers – an authoritative guide to writers from the region
  • The DocSouth Series – check out these affordable editions that I edited/reintroduced