Christian Kriticos is a freelance writer based in London. His articles have been published by The New York Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, the BBC, and many others.
Christian Kriticos
Articles
Really Classical Figures
In the wake of Bob Weir’s death, a new book emerges on the Grateful Dead’s overlooked engagement with literature.
Isengard in Oxford
Christian Kriticos explores J. R. R. Tolkien’s long-lost satire of a motorized world.
Chortling Smugly and Rolling Their Eyes
Christian Kriticos considers Louis Sachar’s “The Magician of Tiger Castle,” the children’s author’s “first novel for adults.”
The Poetic Origins of Middle-earth
Christian Kriticos reviews “The Collected Poems of J. R. R. Tolkien.”
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