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Something Is Vacant When I Think It's All Beginning: A Beck Survey

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"A marvel of wizardry": Enchantment, longing, and sorrow in Tolkien's early poetry

The enduring effect of Elvish cities and Faery music in the poems of J.R.R Tolkien

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Book Tag: Pairing Books with Country and Rock Songs

Book tag time, my poor little bookish friends! I swiped this one from Ed Lewis on BlueSky; his responses to the tag are in this YouTube vide