The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Rebecca Joines Schinsky

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Rebecca Joines Schinsky is the Chief of Staff for Riot New Media Group and a co-host of the Book Riot Podcast. She can be reached at [email protected].

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Twenty years after it was published, Cormac McCarthy’s The Road remains a landmark work of post-apocalyptic fiction. This week, Jeff and Rebecca explore what the bleak and beautiful story has to say about hope, humanity, masculinity, and the power of storytelling.

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