Episode 20 brings back guest Bryan Giemza in a discussion which begins as a consideration of McCarthy and Irish Catholicism in the American South and ends with a quick dip into one of McCarthy’s less revered works, The Counselor.  Dr. Bryan Giemza is an Associate Professor of Humanities and Literature in the Honors College at Texas Tech University.  In addition to his teaching and research he serves as public scholar for the Sowell Family Collection in Literature, Community and the Natural World. He is author or editor of six academic books on American literary and cultural history, ten book chapters, and more than thirty published articles and reviews. His books include the literary history Irish Catholic Writers and the Invention of the American South, and Images of Depression-Era Louisiana: The FSA Photographs of Ben Shahn, Russell Lee, and Marion Post Wolcott (2017).  He is currently working on a book on STEM and McCarthy's world. Thanks to Thomas Frye, who composed, performed, and produced the music for READING MCCARTHY.  Included are (as Intro): “The World to Come”; “Running with Wolves (25.25) and “Toadvine” (49.12), and as the Outro: “Blues for Blevins.”   The views of the host and his guests do not necessarily reflect the views of their home institutions or the Cormac McCarthy Society. Our website: https://readingmccarthy.buzzsprout.com/ And e-mail: readingmccarthy (@) gmail.com