released 1/7/2022

“For readers in a rush, Tom Bombadil feels like a needless insertion, a detour, or maybe a way to buy time for an author who is unsure of what comes next.” So writes C. R. Wiley in his book, In the House of Tom Bombadil. In this Friday Feature, Wiley talks with Ken Myers about his sense that, rather than being a pointless character who interrupts the narrative, Tom Bombadil is actually central to J. R. R. Tolkien’s understanding of how human beings interact with Creation.

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