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What is the UWC?
  Elise Caemasache McKenna    
Office Assistant    
 

Degrees
M. A. Creative Writing, University of Central Florida,
B. A. Literature, Focus: Irish Literature
Minors: Theatre

Current Studies
The use of Tolkien's writings, poetry and translations of
ancient texts at the university level, non-degree seeking

 
  Interests
Everything Tolkien, Einstein's theories, fantasy fiction,
faeries, mythology, calligraphy & illumination, forests,
the ocean, herbology, esoteric discussions, time travel,
animals, sewing & crafts.
  
  Favourite authors
J. R. R. Tolkien, Terry Pratchett, Madeleine L'Engle,
Zilpha Keatly Snyder, Mercedes Lackey, Alice Hoffman,
W. B. Yeats, John Keats, Seamus Heaney,
Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare		  
  "The story [Leaf by Niggle] was not published until 1947 (Dublin Review). It has not been changed since it reached manuscript form, very swiftly, one day when I awoke with it already in mind. One of its sources was a great-limbed poplar tree that I could see even lying in bed. It was suddenly lopped and mutilated by its owner, I do not know why. It is cut down now, a less barbarous punishment for any crimes it may have been accused of, such as being large and alive. I do not think it had any friends, or mourners, except myself and a pair of owls." —J. R. R. Tolkien