Andrew ShieldsDec 31

Once I wanted to save you

Frost
Stephanie Burt

#Poetry #StephanieBurt #Frost #SantaClaus #StoppingByWoodsOnASnowyEvening #DanSinykin #JohannaWinant #CloseReading #LightPoetry

https://lightpoetrymagazine.com/stephanie-burt-summer-25/

Stephanie Burt

BACK  |  CONTENTS  |  NEXT Frost "We had a student who argued that Robert Frost’s poem 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' was about Christmas… But the argument, though in some ways shaped like a close reading, is weak in an instructive way. It is neither likely nor lovely. It does a poor job...

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Andrew ShieldsOct 20, 2025
"I’ll be listening to Showgirl for a long time. I’ll listen to it the same way I listen to Taylor Swift and Speak Now: I’ll skip a few tracks and repeat the rest.” #StephanieBurt #TaylorSwift #TheLifeOfAShowgirl https://yalereview.org/article/stephanie-burt-taylor-swift
How We’ve Misunderstood Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift's "The Life of a Showgirl" received mixed reviews from fans and critics. But it may be, Stephanie Burt argues, the singer's mot honest work…

The Yale Review
Andrew ShieldsMay 11, 2024

Turning the vinyl tracks of your new relationship

Disco Fantasia on Themes from Elizabeth Bishop
Stephanie Burt

#Poetry #StephanieBurt #ElizabethBishop #Literature #JimiHendrix #Theseus #Music #Disco #Fantasia

https://poetrybirmingham.com/digital-features/stephanie-burt-2024

A Poem by Stephanie Burt — Poetry Birmingham

Disco Fantasia on Themes from Elizabeth Bishop ‘If you want to write well, always avoid these words . . . lifestyle . . . experience . . . relationship . . . commitment . . . “to have sex” . . . stance.’ —Elizabeth Bishop Sometimes you’d rather not have had the experience. For instance, quitti

Poetry Birmingham
Rita Carlin HippDec 16, 2022

This is one of the most beautiful pieces of #poetry I’ve ever heard. #PrayerForWarewolves #StephanieBurt #PoetryUnbound #OnBeing

https://onbeing.org/poetry/prayer-for-werewolves/

Prayer for Werewolves

A poem by Stephanie Burt.

The On Being Project