Description
Featuring fresh insights from all eleven studio albums-from Taylor Swift to The Tortured Poets Department-Taylor Swift: Album by Album mines her life, lyrics, and music like nothing else before it. This book also features several chapters on all the Taylor's Version albums released to date, with panel discussions from noted Swift scholars accompanied by vibrant photography that captures Swift in each and every era, from an aspiring country musician to the dominant global force she is today.
Swift's artistry, awards, and accolades are hard to encompass, from the youngest artist with a No. 1 song on the Hot Country chart to the first recipient of Billboard's Woman of the Decade award. Swifties will find that and more inside, including:
- Fresh insight into her lyrics, life, and loves from her earliest days as a recording artist
- Tons of sidebars that explore her influences, lyrical references, musical knowledge, and more
- Details on album personnel, special guests, awards, and tours
- A special section on the Taylor's Version albums that explains how they came about and why they matter to Taylor and scores of Swifties everywhere
Taylor Swift: Album by Album is more than just pretty pictures; it's a door into how and why this talented musician continues to inspire fans around the world. Young or old, OG or new Swiftie, this book has it all.
About the Author
Kase Wickman has a BS in journalism and full-time experience in newsrooms (MTV News, New York Post, Vanity Fair), freelance (New York Times, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, Cosmopolitan), long-form (her first nonfiction book, about the movie BRING IT ON, was published in 2022 by Chicago Review Press), and in branded content and content/brand strategy (past clients include Facebook, GrubHub, TIAA, Pizza Hut, IMAX, Squarespace, and more).
Joanna Weiss is the editor of Harvard Magazine and a longtime journalist based in Boston. Her work has appeared in the Boston Globe, POLITICO Magazine, The Atlantic, Slate, The Economist, Boston Magazine, and WBUR's Cognoscenti. She also writes rock songs with her unlikely band, The Lazy Susans. Her Boston Magazine article "For Those Moms About to Rock" has been optioned for film by 20th Century Studios.
Moira McAvoy has served on the editorial staff of NANO Fiction, The Rappahannock Review, and Bad For You. Her work can be found in The Rumpus, Storyscape, The Financial Diet, wig-wag, and elsewhere. She is a marketing manager for several DC-area music venues.
Book Information
ISBN 9780760397497
Author Kase Wickman
Format Hardback
Page Count 192
Imprint Motorbooks
Publisher Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Weight(grams) 889g
Dimensions(mm) 246mm * 190mm * 20mm
