Nick Polk (he/him)
@tolkienpop.substack.com
Educator | Production Editor for Mallorn
@tolkiensociety.org | Creator of Tolkien Pop! | Coffee Addict | Wannabe Punk Theologian
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@tolkiensociety.org | Creator of Tolkien Pop! | Coffee Addict | Wannabe Punk Theologian
linktr.ee/NJSPOLK
Finally got my Tolkien Pop! shirt in the mail!
November 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Finally got my Tolkien Pop! shirt in the mail!
My friend Taylor Thomas saw my trash Canva edit and made me an original reworking that you can now get as a shirt and sticker! He’s designed some other things for @rethinkingfaith.bsky.social and is an amazing artist. You can pick up some merch here: byte-geist-shop.fourthwall.com/products/tol...
November 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
My friend Taylor Thomas saw my trash Canva edit and made me an original reworking that you can now get as a shirt and sticker! He’s designed some other things for @rethinkingfaith.bsky.social and is an amazing artist. You can pick up some merch here: byte-geist-shop.fourthwall.com/products/tol...
Was playing around with some new graphics for Tolkien Pop! I know with AI, it’s hard to tell what is or isn’t AI, but this was just done with some editing on Canva and some collage style configuration.
Wanted to bring together my love for punk and Tolkien. What do y’all think?
Wanted to bring together my love for punk and Tolkien. What do y’all think?
November 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Was playing around with some new graphics for Tolkien Pop! I know with AI, it’s hard to tell what is or isn’t AI, but this was just done with some editing on Canva and some collage style configuration.
Wanted to bring together my love for punk and Tolkien. What do y’all think?
Wanted to bring together my love for punk and Tolkien. What do y’all think?
Halloween: I am an autumn…and a hobbbit in all but size
November 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Halloween: I am an autumn…and a hobbbit in all but size
I saw someone do this and thought it was fun. Here are my top ten favorite video games of all time!
October 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I saw someone do this and thought it was fun. Here are my top ten favorite video games of all time!
Here’s a Halloween Special episode of the Tolkien Pop! podcast with my sister Hannah, where we talk #horror in Peter Jackson’s #LOTR trilogy and #Tolkien
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October 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Here’s a Halloween Special episode of the Tolkien Pop! podcast with my sister Hannah, where we talk #horror in Peter Jackson’s #LOTR trilogy and #Tolkien
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
New Tolkien Pop! Podcast episode, where I talk with Dr. Giuseppe Pezzini about his new book Tolkien and the Mystery of Literary Creation. You can listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
October 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
New Tolkien Pop! Podcast episode, where I talk with Dr. Giuseppe Pezzini about his new book Tolkien and the Mystery of Literary Creation. You can listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Had the honor of contributing to this volume from @ctr4process.bsky.social There is a free virtual book launch tonight at 4:30 CST if you’d like to hear more about it! processandfaith.org/event/specia...
October 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Had the honor of contributing to this volume from @ctr4process.bsky.social There is a free virtual book launch tonight at 4:30 CST if you’d like to hear more about it! processandfaith.org/event/specia...
Anotha one: New Tolkien Pop! podcast with @clarelmoore.bsky.social who is a Ph.D. student at the University of Glasgow, researching disability in Tolkien’s legendarium. She gives insight into feminist and disability thought in Tolkien’s works: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
October 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Anotha one: New Tolkien Pop! podcast with @clarelmoore.bsky.social who is a Ph.D. student at the University of Glasgow, researching disability in Tolkien’s legendarium. She gives insight into feminist and disability thought in Tolkien’s works: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
New Tolkien Pop! podcast with Matthew Distefano from Quoir and the Heretic Happy Hour podcast to talk Tolkien and the release of his new book, Letters from the Shire: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
September 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
New Tolkien Pop! podcast with Matthew Distefano from Quoir and the Heretic Happy Hour podcast to talk Tolkien and the release of his new book, Letters from the Shire: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Keep Tolkien’s name out yo F*CKIN’ MOUTH
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Keep Tolkien’s name out yo F*CKIN’ MOUTH
Spent my Hobbit Day making second breakfast, Beorn’s honey cakes, and reading some new Tolkien scholarship! Cheers, everyone!
September 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Spent my Hobbit Day making second breakfast, Beorn’s honey cakes, and reading some new Tolkien scholarship! Cheers, everyone!
New Tolkien Pop! podcast with @willnrose.bsky.social and others from @systematicgeek.bsky.social where we talk #Tolkien, fandom, and what it means to be a good fan in the world! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
September 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
New Tolkien Pop! podcast with @willnrose.bsky.social and others from @systematicgeek.bsky.social where we talk #Tolkien, fandom, and what it means to be a good fan in the world! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Very stoked to read this one
September 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Very stoked to read this one
New Tolkien Pop! podcast with @leahrobinson.bsky.social where we talk C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, and Bad Theology. What does it mean to be a good fan, thinkers, and person overall? Listen to find out! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
September 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
New Tolkien Pop! podcast with @leahrobinson.bsky.social where we talk C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, and Bad Theology. What does it mean to be a good fan, thinkers, and person overall? Listen to find out! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Check out this recent title from McFarland in which I contributed a chapter on Eucatastrophe in Avatar: The Last Airbender 😎 mcfarlandbooks.com/product/theo...
August 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Check out this recent title from McFarland in which I contributed a chapter on Eucatastrophe in Avatar: The Last Airbender 😎 mcfarlandbooks.com/product/theo...
New Tolkien Pop! podcast with @teachingwithmagic.bsky.social We talk Tolkien, pop culture, education, and how they can be brought together! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
August 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
New Tolkien Pop! podcast with @teachingwithmagic.bsky.social We talk Tolkien, pop culture, education, and how they can be brought together! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
I grew up on these streets
August 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I grew up on these streets
I love South Park and the latest season opener was a BANGER. I also have one of the few peer reviewed articles on Tolkien and South Park that you can read for free here: academia.edu/resource/wor...
July 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I love South Park and the latest season opener was a BANGER. I also have one of the few peer reviewed articles on Tolkien and South Park that you can read for free here: academia.edu/resource/wor...
About halfway through The Worm Ouroboros. Probably the most beautiful prose I’ve read in fantasy and in the running for most beautiful in fiction in general, for me
July 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
About halfway through The Worm Ouroboros. Probably the most beautiful prose I’ve read in fantasy and in the running for most beautiful in fiction in general, for me
Frodo and Sam when they see the Eagles coming to save them:
July 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Frodo and Sam when they see the Eagles coming to save them:
Tomorrow I’ll be speaking at Hendersonville Church of the Nazarene for their summer series on Tolkien, Fantasy, and Art! You can watch online for free as well: youtube.com/@hendersonvi...
July 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Tomorrow I’ll be speaking at Hendersonville Church of the Nazarene for their summer series on Tolkien, Fantasy, and Art! You can watch online for free as well: youtube.com/@hendersonvi...
Just take the damn picture!
July 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Just take the damn picture!
I am ready to partaaayyyyy
June 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I am ready to partaaayyyyy