Saturday, November 8, 2025
11:00am, Red Cap Room (located upstairs from the Book Fair)

★ This event is ASL interpreted!

In Taylor’s Version, the poet and literary scholar Stephanie Burt offers 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 examines 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. 

About the Author

Stephanie Burt is a poet, literary critic, professor, and author of numerous books. Her essay collection Close Calls with Nonsense (Graywolf Press, 2009) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.