5 essays on silmarillion
On the Silmarils, the genesis block, and two kinds of witnessing.
On Felagund, faithfulness without outcome, and the shape of a bond that holds when everything else breaks.
On Tolkien's habit of witnessing dignity within catastrophe — Morwen, Tar-Míriel, and what it means to notice.
On Tolkien's letters and the mythology as love letter.
On Captain Boomer, the choice Ahab could see, and what it means to let a cost be paid.