1.9 What Taylor Swift and Robert Browning Have in Common

Welcome back to The Community Library! I’m very excited to bring you this week’s episode, which is all about pop/country icon Taylor Swift and mid-19th-century poet Robert Browning. In this episode I discuss the parallels between Browning’s 1842 poem My Last Duchess and Swift’s 2014 hit Blank Space. I had lots of fun creating this episode, and I hope you enjoy!  Our next discussion pick is The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry! Here are links to free audiobook versions: The Katherine Woods translation The Richard Howard translation    Some links to things I talked about in the episode:  My Last Duchess by Robert Browning Blank Space by Taylor Swift Taylor Swift talking about how and why she wrote Blank Space  Robert Browning’s Blank Space – British Literature 1700-1900, A Course Blog “My Last Duchess” and “Blank Space” – Later English Literature @antipodean.books on Instagram  Please visit my website here for a full list of links and notes on what I talked about in this episode, plus a full transcription!    My Instagram and Goodreads The Community Library’s Instagram and Goodreads Cover artwork is by Ashley Ronning Ashley’s Instagram, website, and printing studio website