Cormac McCarthy's Child of God
Falsely accused of rape, Lester Ballard – a violent, dispossessed man who haunts the hill country of East Tennessee –…
Cormac McCarthy Has Died of Natural Causes
Cormac McCarthy has died of natural causes at his home in Santa Fe, N.M. McCarthy, long considered one of the…
“Blood Meridian” Adaptation Still in Pre-Production
The late, great Cormac McCarthy’s masterfully violent 1985 novel “Blood Meridian” is a tough read but also an essential American novel. It’s surely the author’s best work. John Hillcoat is…Continue Reading →
Slim Cessna's Auto Club Tour 2023
Wallace Stenger may have captured the spirit of the west in his 1971 novel Angle of Repose. Jim Thompson surely…
Vogue's Goth Cowboy Article
In a recent post Australia Vogue’s goth cowboy article created quite a stir. Here it is, written by Gladys Lai:…
Outer Dark - Gothic Appalachia
Outer Dark is the second novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy, published in 1968. The time and setting are somewhere in gothic Appalachia, sometime around the turn of the twentieth century. The…Continue Reading →
And the Ass Saw the Angel: Nick Cave and His Demons
And the Ass Saw the Angel, Nick Cave of the Bad Seeds’ first novel, is an inventive tall tale featuring…
Welcome to the New Gothic Americana!
GothicAmericana.com is a collective that features the ultimate works of the genre, and information regarding the artists that created them.…