An Unofficial 'The MeatEater Podcast' Reading List

William Faulkner

5 books referenced

Books by William Faulkner

The Bear

Referenced in 1 episode

Ep. 763: Landscape and Murder in the Mississippi Delta

September 15, 2025

Context:

Wright Thompson discusses reading Faulkner's works and how they should be understood through the lens of bewilderment at the rapid transformation of the Mississippi Delta wilderness.

Go Down, Moses

Referenced in 1 episode

Ep. 763: Landscape and Murder in the Mississippi Delta

September 15, 2025

Context:

Mentioned alongside other Faulkner works as examples of literature that deals with civilization versus nature in the Mississippi Delta.

Absalom, Absalom!

Referenced in 1 episode

Ep. 763: Landscape and Murder in the Mississippi Delta

September 15, 2025

Context:

Discussed as one of Faulkner's works that explores the existential loss and trauma of wilderness being erased in the Mississippi Delta.

The Big Woods

Referenced in 1 episode

Ep. 064: Bozeman. Steven Rinella talks with Kevin Murphy, the world's greatest small game hunter, along with Helen Cho, Brittany Brothers, Michelle Jorgensen, and Janis Putelis of the MeatEater crew.

May 18, 2017

Context:

Kevin Murphy describes discovering this book of Faulkner's hunting stories by accident at a bookstore. He found it and thought it looked good, leading to his appreciation of Faulkner's hunting-related literature.