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The Ainulindalë and Valaquenta Read-Through #4: Of the Maiar and Of the Enemies
Greetings; I send this out one day delayed, having been away for a week-long mission trip to Newfoundland and returning to a much larger pile of work than expected. I hope you enjoyed wrapping up The Valaquenta—I thoroughly enjoy taking The...
The Ainulindalë and Valaquenta Read-Through #3: Of the Valar
We finished the Ainulindalë, now it’s time to dive into the Valaquenta!
Greetings! We’ve passed the first half of our bite-sized Silmarillion intro read-through, and I hope you’re enjoying it as much as me. The feedback has been encouragin...
The Ainulindalë and Valaquenta Read-Through #2: The Children of Ilúvatar
After the music and split of the Ainur, subcreation continues
Greetings, everyone. I hope you’ve been able to dig into Tolkien’s The Silmarillion—a daunting yet rewarding origin story of Middle-earth, its happenings and inhabitants, from t...
The Ainulindalë and Valaquenta Read-Through #1: The Music
Launching into our bite-sized Silmarillion introduction.
Greetings! Today is our first posting for our 4-week read-through of the first two parts of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion, looking at The Ainulindalë and Valaquenta. If you haven...
A Defense of Reading Fantasy; and The Misperception of “Escapism”
Defending a common, yet misplaced, accusation against fantasy literature
Escapism
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My true home is somewhere in Middle-earth. Thinker, reader, pastor. Tolkien scholar. Creator of Ringfolk.
Underwhelming them all since 1993 | MA in Theology and Letters from New Saint Andrew’s College | Writer for TGC-AU
I am a Roman Catholic, an aspiring writer of both fiction and nonfiction and a graduate student at Holy Apostles College & Seminary pursuing an MA in Theology. My special topics of interest are St. Thomas Aquinas and J.R.R. Tolkien.
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