“There’s no such thing as a life without bloodshed”: Cormac McCarthy, spiritual heir to Melville and Faulkner, dies at age 89
McCarthy's outlook was bleak and violent because the world he observed was bleak and violent.
Fail better: Stephen Marche on the one constant in a writer’s life
Failure is inevitable because perfection is unattainable.
31 Days of Stories 2020, Day 17: “The Piazza” by Herman Melville
Herman Melville's tale is a story of disillusionment and thwarted idealism.