Hosts & Guests
![Alicia](https://queerlodgings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/311264160_10107045839598368_479664630274564881_n-e1667942245935.jpg)
Alicia
(she/they) A queer Tolkien scholar and Zelda nerd interested in adaptation, audience reception, and biography.
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Grace
(she/her) An acquirer of books, a queer-rights activist, serves as as the Subscriptions Steward of the Mythopoeic Society, and is a Professional Nerd (okay, technically it’s an unpaid internship).
![Leah](https://queerlodgings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_8431-e1668491284301.jpg)
Leah
(she/her) Just another weird Tolkien geek living in the Grey Havens (also known as Seattle WA) with two rabbits and far too few books.
Resources
Books
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
Dutch Tolkien Society, Tolkien and the Spirit of the Age
About This Episode
To celebrate our first ‘Tolkien Reading Day’ as a podcast, we each chose a favourite poem from Tolkien to read. Grace selected ‘The Mewlips’ (1962), Alicia chose ‘Progress in Bimble Town’ (1931), and Leah’s pick was ‘Errantry’ (1933).
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