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The Muster still needs many more Riders! 

Be part of this wonderful project! Consider your story and let other Tolkien fans too.

https://www.marquette.edu/library/archives/Mss/JRRT/fandomoh.php

At the tenth hour, I am looking for submissions for special sessions topic at Kalamazoo 2021. The topic is Tolkien’s World and Medieval Medicine:

Abstract:

In times of uncertainty, literature provides unique insight into human turmoil—both cultural and physical. J.R.R. Tolkien’s reimaginings of the medieval world and its systemic problems, provide a first hand account—albeit fictional—of the real and gruesome harshness of illness and pain that plague humanity today. This session will look at the unique ways Tolkien’s writing—as influenced from medieval text—treats illness, healing, and triumph over worldwide struggle through herbal remedy, unification fo culture and confrontation of systemic hatred. Middle-earth serves as microcosm of hope against systemic illness and danger; and in effect heals a broken world.

If you are interested please email me an abstract of 250 words or less by tomorrow at 5pm EST. You must apply as a participant for the conference by midnight tomorrow 9/15. I will email out the link for the KZOO participant form following submission.

Please email your abstracts to Abrust@kent.edu.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52568497The Hobbit by Andy Serkis

Eileen Moore performs musical poetry on the women of Middle Earth.

Maidens X

Just sayin’

If you haven’t checked out this podcast, you should. The guests featured, offer insightful and inspiring looks into their journeys with Tolkien. I especially recommend this podcast for those of you who are working on academic pieces. The interviews/testimonials have been extremely helpful in my own research, especially to hear how established critics in the field, have experienced much of the same difficulties I have had in approaching his archival materials. Thanks to Luke Shelton and Dr. Sarah Brown for putting this together. This week’s episode features Shaun Gunner, chair of the Tolkien Society. See the link below:

TEP #5 – Shaun Gunner

New publication on the bio of Edith Bratt. Very exciting news. I learned about this project last year at KZoo and have been excited to see it come to fruition. Such an interning story. I am attaching the link shared by Luke Shelton and others. If you have checked out The Tolkien Experience podcast and/or Prancing Pony they are both worth listen. See links below:

https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol8/iss1/9/

Tolkien Experience Project

http://theprancingponypodcast.libsyn.com/001-in-defense-of-fantasy

So excited to read this addition. Took me a while to find it but came in the mail yesterday. I am looking forward to diving in and get some research done — Yay!