Alas, not me

All literature enchants and delights us, recovers us from the 10,000 things that distract us. The unenchanted life is not worth living.

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25 March 2023

Tolkien Reading Day 2023

Here's my contribution for this year's Tolkien Reading Day. I hope you enjoy it.

24 March 2023

Beren One-Hand, Bruce the Shark, and Homer

It's fairly common knowledge that, when Tolkien has the werewolf Carcharoth bite off Beren's hand in The Silmarillion , he is drawin...

20 February 2023

Pre-order 'Pity, Power, and Tolkien's Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many'

Pity, Power, and Tolkien's Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many now has a publication date -- 12/12/2023 -- and an ISBN: 9781606354711 . A fe...

14 February 2023

Was Tolkien riffing on Genesis A 36-38 at RK 5.vi.841? From the houses of lamentation to the House of Mirth.

While reading the Old English poem Genesis A this Monday evening (as one does) I came across the word helleheafas in the following passage ...

10 February 2023

The Avoidance of 'Sin' in Tolkien

In my forthcoming book, Pity, Power, and Tolkien's Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many , I discuss Tolkien's use of the Greek w...

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