The Cormac McCarthy Society was founded in 1995 by Rick Wallach, in the wake of the first conference devoted to the author held at Bellarmine College in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1993. Rick joined forces with Edwin Arnold and Dianne Luce, co-editors of the first collection of essays devoted to McCarthy, Perspectives on Cormac McCarthy (UP of Mississippi, 1993) and with Marty Priola, who created the website www.cormacmcarthy.com.

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The Society hosts regular conferences both in the U.S. and abroad as well as panels at the annual American Literature Association conference, publishes a biannual journal with Penn State University Press, and sends out newsletters with information about publications, events, and other materials of interest.

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The original website www.cormacmccarthy.com has an active Forum for any and all conversation among those interested in McCarthy.

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The Society’s official purpose is “to further the scholarship and general appreciation of Cormac McCarthy’s writing and to facilitate the gathering of scholars and enthusiastic lay readers alike who share a common interest in Cormac McCarthy and his work.”