Join Jennifer Franklin, Sophia Bannister, and Kristie Frederick Daugherty for the launch reading of Invisible Strings: 113 poets respond to the songs of Taylor Swift, on its publicatin date! Already committed to read their poem from the anthology: Diane Seuss, Major Jackson, Rae Armantrout, Matt Abbott, Lisa Fay Coutley, John Gallaher, Jill Bialosky, J.D. lsip, Kerry Neville, Dean Rader, Jane Hirshfield, Jeannine Ouellette, Dustin Brookshire, Kim Addonizio, Robin Behn, January Gill O’Neil, Subhaga Crystal Bacon, Stephanie Burt, Tennison Black, Gustavo Hernandez, Samiya Bashir, Victoria Redel, Betsy Sholl, Christian Gullette, Laura Kasischke, Leah Umansky, Lauren Camp, Mary Jo Bang, David Groff, Susan Rich, Kelli Russell Agodon, Deborah Landau, Carey Salerno, Teri Ellen Cross Davis, Diane Ackerman, Katie Manning, Melissa Studdard, Christopher Citro, Ellie Black, Topaz Winters, Erin Belieu, Matthea Harvey, Ming Holden, Joan Kown Glass, Tomás Q. Morín, Mag Gabbert, Rodrigo Toscano, Maggie Smith, Cornelius Eady, Dorianne Laux, Molly Peacock, Anna Journey, Andrea Simpson, Barbara Hamby, Ruben Quesada, Blas Falconer, Amy King, Bianca Stone, Didi Jackson, & Ellen Bass! Stay tuned to this page for the full list of readers. Everyone with a poem in the anthology was invited to read!
NB: This reading will take place on Zoom and it is free and open to the public. Donations are always welcome and very appreciated so we can continue to bring you our free programming!
ABOUT INVISIBLE STRINGS:
With a record-breaking four Grammy awards for Album of the Year, Taylor Swift stands alone in the world of pop music. One of the most talented lyricists of all time, her music captivates millions of fans throughout the globe with the narrative depth and emotional resonance of her songwriting. In Invisible Strings, poet, professor, and dedicated Swiftie Kristie Frederick Daugherty has brought together 113 contemporary poets, each contributing an original poem that responds to a specific Taylor Swift song.
The collection showcases a diverse and accomplished array of writers including the 23rd US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, Pulitzer Prize winners Diane Seuss, Yusef Komunyakaa, Carl Phillips, Rae Armantrout, Paul Muldoon, and Gregory Pardlo, National Book Critics Circle Award winners Mary Jo Bang and Laura Kasischke, and bestselling poets Maggie Smith, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Kate Baer, amanda lovelace, Tyler Knott Gregson, and Jane Hirshfield.
Swifties will experience the profundity and nuance of Swift’s lyrics through these poems, while having fun matching the poems to songs from all of her eras—vault tracks included! For poetry lovers, this one-of-a-kind anthology is an unparalleled collection of new work from today’s most lauded and revered poets.
You can order Invisible Strings anywhere books are sold. Here is a link to the book’s page on the Penguin Random House website!
Kristie Frederick Daugherty is a poet and a professor at the University of Evansville. She holds an MFA in Poetry from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is also a PhD candidate in Literature/Criticism at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she is writing a dissertation which examines how Taylor Swift’s lyrics intersect with contemporary poetry.
