Since our blog debuted in 2017, we have published 400+ posts. While some of you may have been with us from the start (thank you, loyal readers!), others may have joined us more recently.
So, we’re highlighting periodically some of the posts that have garnered a lot of views or that address topics of continuing interest in the current moment — posts that you may have missed or that you might want to revisit.
Today, we return to a contribution from 2022 that continues to garner a lot of attention: “Taylor Swift’s evermore (Emily Dickinson’s Version)” by Riley O’Mearns (MA ’23).
This post was popular from its first publication in January 2022, earning 2,000+ views during its first year. That interest has more than doubled, however, during 2023, the year of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour. Now clocking in with almost 7,000 total views, it is the most popular entry on our blog.
Since writing the post, Riley has graduated from the M.A. program at K-State (May 2023) with a specialization in Creative Writing and is now completing an M.F.A. at Virginia Tech.
As Riley’s original post explains, Taylor Swift’s “most important lyrical work in evermore, though, may be her references to one famous — and often misunderstood — poet“: Emily Dickinson.
Read more at “Taylor Swift’s evermore (Emily Dickinson’s Version)“ — and our thanks to Riley for this contribution which continues to find readers!
— Karin Westman, Department Head
K-State English 