“TOLKIEN’S POETRY”, Ed. Eilmann & Turner, Book project by Walking Tree Publishers

[Aldarik]

Dear all!

Thank you for welcoming me.

So far the response to my Call for Paper (CFP) for "Tolkien's Poetry" has been great.

Before publication of the CFP we already had five scholars on board, but hope to get more people interested to this topic that - in my opinion - opens a new dimension to Tolkien studies. Therefore I am looking forward to hear from interested contributors.

So, Faramir and others: If you are interested, you are welcome to get in contact with me via e-mail (see abvove)

[Bêthberry]

Tolkien's Poetry is now in press. It has a very impressive list of contributors, such as Michael Drout and Tom Shippey, and very definitely deserves a reading.

And particular mention must be made that it includes an article by a Barrow Downs member. I will, however, allow him to to comment if he wishes to break his anonymity.

[Mithalwen]

Umm the link doesn't work for me...

[Aganzir]

Here.

I'm seriously considering getting this. It looks awesome.

[Formendacil]

Originally Posted by Aganzir

Here.

I'm seriously considering getting this. It looks awesome.

I totally think you should.

Mind you, though I have no monetary stake in the matter, I do have a vested interest in seeing the book do well--one of the two Michaels who contributed to the book is me (hint: I'm the less famous one).

Which makes me this person:

Originally Posted by Bêthberry

And particular mention must be made that it includes an article by a Barrow Downs member. I will, however, allow him to to comment if he wishes to break his anonymity.

However, I'm breaking my anonymity not to draw attention to myself (my article isn't all that stunning; in my own biased opinion it makes a somewhat obvious point... but perhaps it only seems obvious because I spent two years thinking about it), but because it was a result of this very thread that I proposed the article to Eilmann and Turner in the first place, and as inevitable as my toe-tipping into professional Tolkien studies may seem, it would likely not have happened without this community. So thank you all.