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My Poem in the New York Times + Goodreads Giveaway!
I'm honored (& floored) to find that my poem has been published in the New York Times today!
Invisible Strings: 113 Poets Respond to the Songs of Taylor Swift
In honor of Taylor Swift's birthday today, Friday, December 13th (she's 35), the Times selected 13 poems from the anthology that was just published on December 3rd (INVISIBLE STRINGS: 113 POETS RESPOND TO THE SONGS OF TAYLOR SWIFT) - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/bo...
The Taylor Swift Poetry Quiz
Famous poets (tortured or not) have taken inspiration from Swift’s music. Can you match the poem to the song?
By Jennifer Harlan
Taylor Swift is many things: a pop superstar, a business mogul, a cat mom. But before all of these, Swift is a writer, transforming the delights and heartbreaks of her life into music. In the new anthology “Invisible Strings: 113 Poets Respond to the Songs of Taylor Swift,” edited by Kristie Frederick Daugherty (Ballantine, $26), various writers — including Pulitzer winners, best sellers and poet laureates — pick up Swift’s baton, each taking one of her songs and alchemizing it into an original poem. We’ve selected 13 of them here, at least one from every era.
Can you spot the Easter eggs and figure out which song inspired each poem?
Match the poem with the Swift song - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...
It’s Taylor’s birthday!
In honor of the occasion, we’re giving away 13 copies on Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Poems in the Times -
Teri Ellen Cross Davis, “Tempered”
Diane Seuss, “The Lucky One”
Ilya Kaminsky, “Of Flight"
Kelli Russell Agodon, “In Wonderland, We’re Surprised/Not Surprised to Learn the Chamomile Tea Tastes Bitter”
Christopher Salerno, “SINCE YOU CAN’T SPELL DISASTER WITHOUT DESIRE”
Naomi Shihab Nye, “The Williams”
Amy King, “Lessons Learning”
Dean Rader, “Creation”
Stephanie Burt, “the much-maligned swiftie considers her options”
Joy Harjo, “ON THE STAIRS”
Andrea Gibson, “Perennial”
Tess Taylor, “IF I COULD TELL HER WHAT I KNOW NOW”
Aaron Smith, “Letter That You Never Read”
Thanks much to Kristie Frederick Daugherty!
P.S. Before the rise of Christianity, Friday the 13th was a day to celebrate the goddess.
Menstrual cycles: The average number of menstrual cycles a woman has in a year is 13.
Lunar cycles: The average number of lunar cycles in a calendar year is 13.
Day of the Goddess: Friday the 13th is considered the Day of the Goddess, a day to honor the divine feminine and the cycles of creation, death, and rebirth.
Goddess Freyja: Freyja is the goddess of love, sex, and fertility, and is associated with Friday the 13th.
Feminine energy: The number 13 is considered to have powerful feminine energy. Friday is the day of Venus, the planet of love and creativity.
Invisible Strings: 113 Poets Respond to the Songs of Taylor Swift
In honor of Taylor Swift's birthday today, Friday, December 13th (she's 35), the Times selected 13 poems from the anthology that was just published on December 3rd (INVISIBLE STRINGS: 113 POETS RESPOND TO THE SONGS OF TAYLOR SWIFT) - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/bo...
The Taylor Swift Poetry Quiz
Famous poets (tortured or not) have taken inspiration from Swift’s music. Can you match the poem to the song?
By Jennifer Harlan
Taylor Swift is many things: a pop superstar, a business mogul, a cat mom. But before all of these, Swift is a writer, transforming the delights and heartbreaks of her life into music. In the new anthology “Invisible Strings: 113 Poets Respond to the Songs of Taylor Swift,” edited by Kristie Frederick Daugherty (Ballantine, $26), various writers — including Pulitzer winners, best sellers and poet laureates — pick up Swift’s baton, each taking one of her songs and alchemizing it into an original poem. We’ve selected 13 of them here, at least one from every era.
Can you spot the Easter eggs and figure out which song inspired each poem?
Match the poem with the Swift song - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...
It’s Taylor’s birthday!
In honor of the occasion, we’re giving away 13 copies on Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Poems in the Times -
Teri Ellen Cross Davis, “Tempered”
Diane Seuss, “The Lucky One”
Ilya Kaminsky, “Of Flight"
Kelli Russell Agodon, “In Wonderland, We’re Surprised/Not Surprised to Learn the Chamomile Tea Tastes Bitter”
Christopher Salerno, “SINCE YOU CAN’T SPELL DISASTER WITHOUT DESIRE”
Naomi Shihab Nye, “The Williams”
Amy King, “Lessons Learning”
Dean Rader, “Creation”
Stephanie Burt, “the much-maligned swiftie considers her options”
Joy Harjo, “ON THE STAIRS”
Andrea Gibson, “Perennial”
Tess Taylor, “IF I COULD TELL HER WHAT I KNOW NOW”
Aaron Smith, “Letter That You Never Read”
Thanks much to Kristie Frederick Daugherty!
P.S. Before the rise of Christianity, Friday the 13th was a day to celebrate the goddess.
Menstrual cycles: The average number of menstrual cycles a woman has in a year is 13.
Lunar cycles: The average number of lunar cycles in a calendar year is 13.
Day of the Goddess: Friday the 13th is considered the Day of the Goddess, a day to honor the divine feminine and the cycles of creation, death, and rebirth.
Goddess Freyja: Freyja is the goddess of love, sex, and fertility, and is associated with Friday the 13th.
Feminine energy: The number 13 is considered to have powerful feminine energy. Friday is the day of Venus, the planet of love and creativity.
