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The Poetic and Musical Genius of Taylor Swift

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**A preeminent Harvard professor and poetry expert explains the artistry—and the celebrity—of Taylor Swift“This is an outstanding look at one of the world’s most beloved entertainers.”―Kirkus (starred)**Taylor Swift has become a peerless superstar, ceaselessly productive and internationally beloved. From her teen country debut to her Eras tour and beyond, Swift’s career and her creations have ... Read more

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**A preeminent Harvard professor and poetry expert explains the artistry—and the celebrity—of Taylor Swift“This is an outstanding look at one of the world’s most beloved entertainers.”―Kirkus (starred)**Taylor Swift has become a peerless superstar, ceaselessly productive and internationally beloved. From her teen country debut to her Eras tour and beyond, Swift’s career and her creations have
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All the World in Thee

An Anthology of LGBTQ+ Poetry from Homer to Hughes

Edited by Stephanie Burt, Drew Daniel, Melissa E. Sanchez ...

Poets have depicted queer desire, same-sex love, and life outside gender norms since the beginning of the written word. Across eras and generations—from classical Greece to Renaissance England to the Harlem Renaissance—such experiences could be put into verse even when they would not have been named as we name them today. Some of these poems invite passion and admiration; others provoke new ... Read more

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Poets have depicted queer desire, same-sex love, and life outside gender norms since the beginning of the written word. Across eras and generations—from classical Greece to Renaissance England to the Harlem Renaissance—such experiences could be put into verse even when they would not have been named as we name them today. Some of these poems invite passion and admiration; others provoke new
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Super Gay Poems

LGBTQIA+ Poetry after Stonewall

by Stephanie Burt ...

Winner of the 2025 New England Book Award for PoetryA major poet and literary critic leads an aesthetic adventure through poems about queer experience, by writers who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, trans, nonbinary, gender fluid, and more.A groundbreaking anthology edited by acclaimed poet, critic, and scholar Stephanie Burt, Super Gay Poems brings together fifty-one works encompassing ... Read more

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Winner of the 2025 New England Book Award for PoetryA major poet and literary critic leads an aesthetic adventure through poems about queer experience, by writers who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, trans, nonbinary, gender fluid, and more.A groundbreaking anthology edited by acclaimed poet, critic, and scholar Stephanie Burt, Super Gay Poems brings together fifty-one works encompassing
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Haunted Hills

Ghosts and Legends of Highlands and Cashiers, North Carolina

by Stephanie Burt Williams ...

Series series Haunted America
The author of Wicked Charlotte roots out the spirited secrets of two small towns deep in the Appalachian Mountains.When the sun slips behind the trees and shadows lengthen near dusk, the mountains and valleys of Highlands and Cashiers whisper their tales of lost loves, deals gone bad, and ghosts who walk the night.This tourist destination is rich in folklore and legend—from rumors of a magical ... Read more

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The author of Wicked Charlotte roots out the spirited secrets of two small towns deep in the Appalachian Mountains.When the sun slips behind the trees and shadows lengthen near dusk, the mountains and valleys of Highlands and Cashiers whisper their tales of lost loves, deals gone bad, and ghosts who walk the night.This tourist destination is rich in folklore and legend—from rumors of a magical
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Wicked Charlotte

The Sordid Side of the Queen City

by Stephanie Burt Williams ...

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Bootleggers, swindlers, gold miners and serial killers�Charlotte has courted them all. The Queen City is renowned for its skyline, sports teams and dizzying growth, but just below its smooth, polished exterior lies a dark past full of crime and myriad misdeeds. This second history of Charlotte has been concealed and denied by those who retell the city�s story, and by those who have lived it. Until ... Read more

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Bootleggers, swindlers, gold miners and serial killers�Charlotte has courted them all. The Queen City is renowned for its skyline, sports teams and dizzying growth, but just below its smooth, polished exterior lies a dark past full of crime and myriad misdeeds. This second history of Charlotte has been concealed and denied by those who retell the city�s story, and by those who have lived it. Until
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We Are Mermaids

Poems

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Effusive new poems by Stephanie Burt, “perhaps our greatest poet of having yet more to say” (Boston Review)Stephanie Burt’s poems in We Are Mermaids are never just one thing. Instead, they revel in their multiplicity, their interconnectedness, their secret powers to become much more than they at first seem. In these poems, punctuation marks make arguments for their utility and their rights to ... Read more

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Effusive new poems by Stephanie Burt, “perhaps our greatest poet of having yet more to say” (Boston Review)Stephanie Burt’s poems in We Are Mermaids are never just one thing. Instead, they revel in their multiplicity, their interconnectedness, their secret powers to become much more than they at first seem. In these poems, punctuation marks make arguments for their utility and their rights to
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Don't Read Poetry

A Book About How to Read Poems

by Stephanie Burt ...

“At once erudite and colloquial” (New Yorker), this book provides an accessible introduction to the joys and challenges of poetryIn Don’t Read Poetry, poet and literary critic Stephanie Burt offers an accessible introduction to the seemingly daunting task of reading, understanding, and appreciating poetry. Burt dispels preconceptions about poetry and explains how poems speak to one another—and how ... Read more

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“At once erudite and colloquial” (New Yorker), this book provides an accessible introduction to the joys and challenges of poetryIn Don’t Read Poetry, poet and literary critic Stephanie Burt offers an accessible introduction to the seemingly daunting task of reading, understanding, and appreciating poetry. Burt dispels preconceptions about poetry and explains how poems speak to one another—and how
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Randall Jarrell and His Age

by Stephanie Burt ...

Randall Jarrell (1914–1965) was the most influential poetry critic of his generation. He was also a lyric poet, comic novelist, translator, children's book author, and close friend of Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell, Hannah Arendt, and many other important writers of his time. Jarrell won the 1960 National Book Award for poetry and served as poetry consultant to the Library of Congress. Amid the ... Read more

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Randall Jarrell (1914–1965) was the most influential poetry critic of his generation. He was also a lyric poet, comic novelist, translator, children's book author, and close friend of Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell, Hannah Arendt, and many other important writers of his time. Jarrell won the 1960 National Book Award for poetry and served as poetry consultant to the Library of Congress. Amid the
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Good Grief, the Ground

by Margaret Ray ...

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Margaret Ray is pulling back the curtains on our societal performance of culture, guiding an exposing light to the daily performance that is life in a woman’s body.Selected by Stephanie Burt as the winner of the A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize, Ray’s Good Grief, the Ground interrogates the everyday violences nonchalantly inflicted unto women through personal, political, and national lenses. Moving ... Read more

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Margaret Ray is pulling back the curtains on our societal performance of culture, guiding an exposing light to the daily performance that is life in a woman’s body.Selected by Stephanie Burt as the winner of the A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize, Ray’s Good Grief, the Ground interrogates the everyday violences nonchalantly inflicted unto women through personal, political, and national lenses. Moving
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South Carolina Cocktails

An Elegant Collection of Over 100 Recipes Inspired by the Palmetto State

by Stephanie Burt ...

Series series City Cocktails
This spirited collection brings you 100 exclusive recipes from South Carolina's most renowned bars.Explore South Carolina's rich history, charming cities, and lush landscapes through its unique cocktail culture. With over 100 recipes and numerous bartender profiles, South Carolina Cocktails allows you to experience the state's spirited lifestyle whether you're a resident mixing drinks for friends ... Read more

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This spirited collection brings you 100 exclusive recipes from South Carolina's most renowned bars.Explore South Carolina's rich history, charming cities, and lush landscapes through its unique cocktail culture. With over 100 recipes and numerous bartender profiles, South Carolina Cocktails allows you to experience the state's spirited lifestyle whether you're a resident mixing drinks for friends
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The Poem Is You

60 Contemporary American Poems and How to Read Them

by Stephanie Burt ...

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Contemporary American poetry has plenty to offer new readers, and plenty more for those who already follow it. Yet its difficulty—and sheer variety—leaves many readers puzzled or overwhelmed. The critic, scholar, and poet Stephanie Burt sets out to help. Beginning in the early 1980s, where critical consensus ends, Burt canvasses American poetry of the past four decades, from the headline-making ... Read more

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Contemporary American poetry has plenty to offer new readers, and plenty more for those who already follow it. Yet its difficulty—and sheer variety—leaves many readers puzzled or overwhelmed. The critic, scholar, and poet Stephanie Burt sets out to help. Beginning in the early 1980s, where critical consensus ends, Burt canvasses American poetry of the past four decades, from the headline-making
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Love, Etc.

Essays on Contemporary Literature and Culture

by Anna L. Poletti, Hannah Stark, Timothy Laurie, Jonathan Flatley, John Plotz, Jessica Pressman, Bish Sen, Carolina Bandinelli, Angus Brown, Kevin Ohi, Hanna Meretoja, Anne-Marie Søndergaard Christensen, Mette Blok, Stephanie Burt, Lily Gurton-Wachter ...

The look of love . . . through an analytic lensLong treated with skepticism in literary and cultural studies, love – as a subject of serious scholarly inquiry – is now attracting intense interest and renewed attention. Love, Etc. centers on two key themes: representations of love in literature and culture and love as a relationship to literature and culture. How are our attitudes to love changing ... Read more

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The look of love . . . through an analytic lensLong treated with skepticism in literary and cultural studies, love – as a subject of serious scholarly inquiry – is now attracting intense interest and renewed attention. Love, Etc. centers on two key themes: representations of love in literature and culture and love as a relationship to literature and culture. How are our attitudes to love changing
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