TAMWORTH — If the iconic poet Robert Frost wrote songs, they would no doubt sound a lot like Cormac McCarthy’s.
Like the late poet laureate of Vermont, McCarthy, of South Berwick, Maine, paints vivid pictures with his words, with the stark New England setting as a backdrop.
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