PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email.

Click here to register for The Poetic and Musical Genius of Taylor Swift!

In celebration of Taylor Swift’s upcoming album release, we are thrilled to be participating in a special three-part virtual series this October!

1st part: Thursday, October 16: The Poetic and Musical Genius of Taylor Swift -- Click here to register!

2nd part: Monday, October 20: Taylor Swift Style -- Fashion Through The Eras -- Click here to register!

3rd part: Thursday, October 30: Taylor Swift By The Book -- The Literature Behind The Lyrics -- Click here to register!

The Poetic and Musical Genius of Taylor Swift:

Harvard professor Stephanie Burt will deliver a fascinating presentation based on her brand new book, Taylor's Version: The Poetic and Musical Genius of Taylor Swift. Burt, who is a poet and literary scholar, will offer an insightful and heartfelt critical appreciation of Taylor Swift, her body of work, and the community that her art has fostered. Drawing from her 2024 Harvard course, Taylor Swift and Her World, as well as from her years as a Swiftie, Burt will examine Swift’s particular form of genius – not the destructive genius of tortured poets, but the collaborative and joyful genius of an artist who has mastered her craft. Burt is the Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English at Harvard University. Her work appears in the New York Times Book Review, the New Yorker, and the London Review of Books, among others. Her other books of poetry and literary criticism — fourteen in all — include We Are Mermaids, Advice from the Lights, and Don’t Read Poetry: A Book About How to Read Poems. 

RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.

This series was made possible by the Tewksbury Public Library.