Author Archives: Sørina Higgins

About Sørina Higgins

Sørina Higgins is a PhD student in English and Presidential Scholar at Baylor University. She also serves as Chair of the Language and Literature Department at Signum University, online. Her latest publication is an academic essay collection on "The Inklings and King Arthur" (Apocryphile Press, December 2017). Her interests include British Modernism, the Inklings, Arthuriana, theatre, and magic. She holds an M.A. from Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English. Sørina blogs about British poet Charles Williams at The Oddest Inkling, wrote the introduction to a new edition of Williams’s "Taliessin through Logres" (Apocryphile, 2016), and edited Williams’s "The Chapel of the Thorn" (Apocryphile, 2014). As a creative writer, Sørina has published two books of poetry, "The Significance of Swans" (2007) and "Caduceus" (2012).

CFP: “Gardeners of the Galaxies: How Imaginary Worlds Teach Us to Care for This One” by Sørina Higgins and Brenton Dickieson (Academic Deadline Extended to May 30th)

Posted on 20 May 2022 by Sørina Higgins

Originally posted on A Pilgrim in Narnia:
I am about to talk about gardening while my own garden is suffering from busy-related neglect. Even my little seedlings, planted with plenty of time for our last frost day (usually about June…

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A Strange Bugle Call

Posted on 15 May 2022 by Sørina Higgins

Originally posted on The Oddest Inkling:
On this day in 1945, Charles Williams died suddenly. C.S. Lewis wrote this little poem out of his grief: Your death blows a strange bugle call, friend, and all is hard To see plainly…

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Christian Symbolism

Posted on 11 May 2022 by Sørina Higgins

Here’s an odd little item for your contemplation: Christian Symbolism, supposedly written by “Michal” Williams. ‘Michal’ is the somewhat unflattering nickname CW gave to his wife Florence, but which stuck so hard she even chose it as her nom de … Continue reading →

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Repaying the Debt

Posted on 6 April 2022 by Sørina Higgins

Guest post by John Mabry: The Rev. Dr. John Mabry is the owner of the Apocryphile Press, a small publishing company specializing in edgy spirituality. A retired United Church of Christ pastor, he currently serves as the director of the … Continue reading →

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Charles Williams & Dennis Wheatley: Writing of Dark Forces Part 2

Posted on 30 March 2022 by Sørina Higgins

Guest Post by G. Connor Salter G. Connor Salter has a Bachelor of Science in Professional Writing from Taylor University. He has presented on the Inklings and related figures to Inkling Folk Fellowship, and contributed his thoughts to A Pilgrim … Continue reading →

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Charles Williams & Dennis Wheatley: Writing of Dark Forces Part 1

Posted on 21 March 2022 by Sørina Higgins

Guest Post by G. Connor Salter G. Connor Salter has a Bachelor of Science in Professional Writing from Taylor University. He has presented on the Inklings and related figures to Inkling Folk Fellowship, and contributed his thoughts to A Pilgrim … Continue reading →

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Poems of Home and Overseas

Posted on 16 March 2022 by Sørina Higgins

Here again is another work that Williams edited in his job at Oxford University Press. You might be able to access a scan of it at HathiTrust if you have an academic login. As you can see from the title … Continue reading →

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Posted on 11 March 2022 by Sørina Higgins

I need you to help me choose a title, friends. This has nothing to do with Charles Williams (as far as I know), but hey: My blog, my rules. Anyway, I’m working on books one through four of my Sixteen … Continue reading →

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The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse

Posted on 9 March 2022 by Sørina Higgins

Happy Wednesday! Here’s your dose of CW for this week. Instead of a work that he wrote, today I’m talking about a book that he edited. His connection with its compilers contributed one of the more important aspects of his … Continue reading →

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Theatre Games: Summary of Early Unfinished Plays

Posted on 2 March 2022 by Sørina Higgins

Welcome back! Don’t forget about the CFP for Gardeners of the Galaxies: How Imaginary Worlds Teach us to Care for This One. Do you have a friend, colleague, or student who might be interested? Please forward it to them! Last … Continue reading →

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