That’s one easy way to distinguish bromance from other friendships: if you can say “I love you, man,” chances are it’s bromance. Frodo and Sam share many emotional moments over the course of Tolkien’s ...

Not long ago, the Inklings society at Brown University invited me to give a talk on Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. I decided to speak on the topic of “bromance,” an emotionally and physically ...