....That's the lesson I repeatedly get from cruising the writers of WordPress - there's a community here aimed at exchanging ideas, not self-promotion. It's also a lesson glaringly obvious on every page of the latest book by Ursula K. Le Guin, "Finding My Elegy: New and Selected Poems" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), which was published in … Continue reading The true writer is always a student
Category: Myth — nonfiction
Works of history and other nonfiction that examine various aspects of myth, lore, the supernatural and the occult.
Take it from Frodo
The arrival of Peter Jackson's "Hobbit" series of movies translates into two ... no, make it three ... kinds of related books this season: 1) Reissues of Tolkien's best books, including "The Hobbit" (no surprise there) 2) Scholarly works for the deeply obsessed fan of Tolkien's work (like Verlyn Flieger's "Green Suns and Faerie," which … Continue reading Take it from Frodo
Into the mystic … with Merton
Years ago I met spirituality author Matthew Fox after the publication of his book "One River, Many Wells," and the title of that book has stuck with me ever since. One river, many wells: a great description of the reality of God. Another metaphor is: Imagine that God is the sun, shining on an apartment … Continue reading Into the mystic … with Merton
Nick Owchar 
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