Tag Archives: Poetry

2017 Mythopoeic Awards Finalists and A Review of “The Chapel of the Thorn” by Charles Williams

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

The Mythopoeic Award shortlist is out (see here). I’m not often at the same table as the cool kids on the newest and hottest fantasy lit–I’m just now reading Patrick Rothfuss, and wondering what I have done with my life … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged A Grief Observed, Arthuriana, Beowulf, Bodleian Library, Chapel of the Thorn, Charles Williams, fantasy, Gladstone's Library, J.R.R. Tolkien, Margaret Atwood, Marion E. Wade Center, Mythopoeic Award, Patrick Rothfuss, Poetry, religion, Science Fiction, Shakespeare | 17 Comments

Murder in the Morning

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

Crows mock the coming of the dayheckling every suggestion of lightfilling every inch of naked twigon bare poplar flung dangerously to the skyand on leafless maples which, in summer or fallare watercolour forms of things children call trees,but in winter are … Continue reading →

Posted in On Writing, Reflections | Tagged Charlottetown, crows, On Writing, Poetry, Prince Edward Island, research, writing | 9 Comments

A Normal Day in C.S. Lewis’ Life as a Student

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Though the halls of Oxford are not yet filled for Michaelmas term, University students and faculty are back to work here in North America. No doubt, students are already concerned about how much they can accomplish. As they hustle between … Continue reading →

Posted in Letters, Lewis Biography | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Cecil Harwood, diaries, History, owen barfield, Oxford, Poetry, University, writing | 32 Comments

Madeleine L’Engle and the Poetry of Us

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Madeleine L’Engle gets one of the “honourary Inklings” spots here on A Pilgrim in Narnia. A mythopoeic writer and creator of fantastic worlds, I know little about her poetry and adult novels. In this essay hosted by the Eclectic Orthodoxy … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Friday, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged books, fantasy, literature, Madeleine L'Engle, Nietzsche, Poetry, worldviews, writing | 11 Comments

Annie Dillard, An American Childhood

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Can I come to you as a literary evangelist for a moment? Actually, I’m always doing that, aren’t I? I have worked to remind a world much different than the original about The Screwtape Letters, and argued that The Great Divorce is a … Continue reading →