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Clare Moore

@clarelmoore

Tolkien scholar, PhD student, assistant pig keeper with dreams of being a knight

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I still don’t know what hermeneutic means and at this point I’m too scared to ask

08.03.2026 20:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Sitting here scrolling Wikipedia to figure out if materiality or textuality is the most appropriate word for what I mean and remembering how I hate it when scholars use words I don’t know 😂🫠

08.03.2026 20:33 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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08.03.2026 18:58 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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08.03.2026 18:58 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Today is about me looking at the time and panicking about how it’s later in the day than I thought

08.03.2026 14:14 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Time to go spelunking! Literarily… Really enjoyed this @podcast.athrabeth.com episode with Kristine Larsen about Tolkien’s caves: open.spotify.com/episode/5CXL...

08.03.2026 13:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1

When to start packing… is 2 months 2 early? Asking for a friend…

08.03.2026 12:40 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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08.03.2026 05:58 👍 373 🔁 68 💬 3 📌 1

See you there!!! 🎉

08.03.2026 12:37 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I request a friend for Andreth! 💜

08.03.2026 02:47 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The danger of misinformation… I wonder how that could be relevant to today 🧐

08.03.2026 02:47 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Hello—here’s the official trailer for UNDERLAND, based on my book of the same name, dir. by Rob Petit, with a haunting, glittering score by @hannahpeel.bsky.social, & the ‘Storyteller’ voiced by Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall, The Zone of Interest). Hope you like it.

In UK/Irish cinemas 27 March.

07.03.2026 18:17 👍 152 🔁 37 💬 6 📌 3

Would a paper about the legacy of medieval race-making in modern fantasy literature be relevant? I realize that’s not actually “in” the medieval period!

06.03.2026 15:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Who is still listing Lolita as a favorite book???

06.03.2026 15:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I’m never right, Agatha 🫠

06.03.2026 00:53 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Only a conspiracy theorist when it comes to the U.S. military and Agatha Christie novels 📖📚

04.03.2026 14:48 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Anyway I hated The Country Girls but I loved the Neapolitan series so make of that what you will

04.03.2026 01:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Intrigued by how, in Ireland and Italy respectively, Edna O’Brien and Elena Ferrante explore the important question of: what happens if your childhood best friend is a total b*tch and you don’t outgrow that friendship

03.03.2026 23:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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a woman is wearing a knight costume and helmet . Alt: A woman is wearing a knight costume and helmet shuts her helmet visor with the text “it’s time for war” below.
02.03.2026 19:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
02.03.2026 19:12 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Tom Bombadil and Fatty Lumpkin drawing in ink and watercolor.

Tom Bombadil and Fatty Lumpkin drawing in ink and watercolor.

Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo!
Ring a dong! hop along! fal lal the willow!

02.03.2026 13:11 👍 720 🔁 155 💬 7 📌 3
Flyer for event on Defending Democracy in the Stacks, free virtual event on 3/4

Flyer for event on Defending Democracy in the Stacks, free virtual event on 3/4

📚 🗃️ Super excited for this FREE Wed. 3/4 virtual event, when I’ll be in conversation with Tamela Chambers, Colleen Shogan, and Laura McEnaney on #libraries, #archives, & freedoms. Join us for “Defending Democracy in the Stacks” Register here: umass-amherst.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

02.03.2026 17:23 👍 20 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 1

Bring this back because I came across a Tolkien quote to support me: “We all need literature that is above our measure - though we may not have sufficient energy for it all the time.” (Letter 215)

01.03.2026 15:01 👍 14 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

lol jk! The March rewatch started yesterday because I am an eager beaver ☘️

01.03.2026 13:17 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a group of students in school uniforms are walking down a hall Alt: A group of female students in school uniforms are walking down a hall in slow motion. From the TV show Derry Girls.

Me on March 1:

01.03.2026 13:17 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Why America Can't See Gaza

Come for my anti-AI takes, stay for the resources on the US’s involvement in the violence against Palestine: open.spotify.com/episode/5fVE...

28.02.2026 14:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The deadline to submit a paper or presentation is by the end of the day today! Don’t miss out, I would love to see you there! #westmoot #tolkien #tolkiensociety

28.02.2026 13:34 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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❓Question: What are the Ents?
✔️Answer: Following the Masquerade at #Westmoot, a variety of comical and/or dramatic #Tolkien-inspired performances take place. The sky is the limit, so submit yours today for #Westmoot26! Deadline: March 30.

28.02.2026 00:52 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Éowyn is dressed in leather armor and a green cloak. She has loose hair and is holding a sword in front of her.

Éowyn is dressed in leather armor and a green cloak. She has loose hair and is holding a sword in front of her.

Éowyn Dernhelm, shieldmaiden of Rohan
This took its time to finish, but I am so happy with the colours!!

#tolkien #lotr #lordoftherings #eowyn #tolkienart #lotrart #lotrfanart #fantasy

27.02.2026 15:51 👍 73 🔁 36 💬 1 📌 0

Exactly! I want people to know that emails from me are FROM ME

27.02.2026 15:19 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0