Tolkien | Jessica Cyphers

I post bi-weekly about writing, editing, teaching, and travel.

Feb 19, 20234 min read

On the Importance of Reading and Writing

In Composition 101 at the University of Tennessee, students learn the basic elements of rhetoric and about how it applies to writing they...

Nov 2, 20221 min read

Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost

I have always loved this poem. It is first seen in Gandalf's letter to Frodo in Bree. In that letter, it appears as part of a...

Oct 13, 20223 min read

Humanity and Warmth

For nearly two years, J.R.R. Tolkien fans awaited the arrival of Amazon Prime's new series, The Rings of Power. The show, which was...