John Bowers poses in front of a bookshelf.

The Interview: John Bowers

The longtime English professor says teaching Tolkien at UNLV helped him make his greatest literary discovery.

English professor John Bowers recently had a book, Tolkien's Lost Chaucer, published by Oxford University Press and will be traveling back to Oxford's Merton College to do research for his next book. (Lonnie Timmons III/UNLV Photo Services)   

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