TUTORING
Writing, literature, history, reading, grammar, and humanities support for students and families.
CLASSES AND SEMINARS
Occasional live and recorded classes on literature, Tolkien, writing, and history.
GUITAR LESSONS
Beginner and intermediate guitar instruction with a practical, patient, music-first approach.
THE WESTERING HOUSE
Essays, podcast episodes, and other resources for thoughtful readers of Tolkien.
the westering house
Weekly essays and a podcast on Tolkien, myth, literature, and the moral imagination.
The Westering House is my Tolkien-focused publication and podcast, devoted to careful, serious, and accessible reflection on stories, virtue, beauty, longing, home, exile, courage, and hope. Paid subscribers receive regular essays and articles exploring Tolkien’s works and the older literary, theological, and imaginative traditions that shaped them.
learn with me
I offer patient, practical instruction for students and developing musicians, both online and in person when available.
tutoring
Online and in-person tutoring in writing, literature, history, public speaking, and the humanities. I help students read carefully, think clearly, organize their ideas, and communicate with confidence.
guitar lessons
Beginner and intermediate acoustic and electric guitar lessons focused on chords, rhythm, technique, songs, theory, improvisation, and practical musicianship.
AbOUT
I am a teacher, writer, musician, and humanities educator with experience in classical education, literature, history, writing instruction, and music.
James W. Gunter 