Uploaded October 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
"She would say . . . satire is holding a mirror up to someone so they can see their own reflection and see just how dumb they are," says Frances Kiernan, biographer of legendary author Mary McCarthy.
McCarthy (1912--1989) was an American literary critic and author of more than two dozen books. Her debut novel, The Company She Keeps (1942), initiated her ascent to become one of the most celebrated writers of her generation, a reputation bolstered by the publication of her autobiography Memories of a Catholic Girlhood in 1957, as well as that of her now-classic novel The Group.
Watch as Kiernan, author Laura Furman, and McCarthy's granddaughter Sophia Wilson discuss how McCarthy's unique past led her to create such timeless classics.
Learn more: openroadmedia.com/mary-mccarthy
"She would say . . . satire is holding a mirror up to someone so they can see their own reflection and see just how dumb they are," says Frances Kiernan, biographer of legendary author Mary McCarthy.
McCarthy (1912--1989) was an American literary critic and author of more than two dozen books. Her debut novel, The Company She Keeps (1942), initiated her ascent to become one of the most celebrated writers of her generation, a reputation bolstered by the publication of her autobiography Memories of a Catholic Girlhood in 1957, as well as that of her now-classic novel The Group.
Watch as Kiernan, author Laura Furman, and McCarthy's granddaughter Sophia Wilson discuss how McCarthy's unique past led her to create such timeless classics.
Learn more: openroadmedia.com/mary-mccarthy
