Jamie Lynne Burgess
Her Own Soulmate: Midnights by Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift became known early in her career for writing a song that was a happy-ending version of Romeo and Juliet, where the final...
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Jamie Lynne Burgess
- Aug 29, 2020
- 9 min
Jo March & Taylor Swift: Copyrights and Artistic Control
At the New York City premiere of Greta Gerwig's Little Women in 2019, Emma Watson gave a short interview with Variety about the...
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Jamie Lynne Burgess
- Aug 18, 2020
- 7 min
Modern Romantic Missive: A Close Reading of "the lakes"
Taylor takes the concept of the modern romantics to new heights in this song, asking if songwriters are the poets of our modern times.
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Jamie Lynne Burgess
- Jul 25, 2020
- 13 min
On Authorship & the Creative Process: What 'folklore' is really about
The women of Taylor Swift’s latest album, folklore, are a handful. They “never leave well enough alone;” they “talk sh*t" ...
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Jamie Lynne Burgess
- May 13, 2020
- 1 min
The Many Faces of Little Women
When the new Little Women was set to release last Christmas, many people were asking this question: do we really need another Little...
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Jamie Lynne Burgess
- Mar 18, 2020
- 3 min
Writing from Elsewhere: What It's Like to Write at an Artists' Residency
I found out I'd been accepted to Elsewhere Studios for two months while I was in Paris with Kerri. It felt important because these were...
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Jamie Lynne Burgess
- Feb 11, 2020
- 6 min
Part 3: Amy in Reverse
Not everyone is a Jo or even wants to be one. There are plenty of Jos out there: strong-willed women who love to climb trees, who would...
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Jamie Lynne Burgess
- Jan 18, 2020
- 6 min
Part 2: Subverting Our Memories of Little Women
The girls next to me in the first showing of Little Women were chatting all through the previews. But I knew they had read the book,...
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Jamie Lynne Burgess
- Jan 4, 2020
- 8 min
Part 1: Facts & Fiction in Little Women
“If I was a girl in a book this would all be so easy,” Jo March tells her mother in the newest adaptation of Little Women, released on...
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Jamie Lynne Burgess
- Feb 14, 2019
- 5 min
TAPIF gives creatives the gift of time
People who are born to make things--to make photographs or essays or paintings--are faced too often with the choice between earning money...
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Jamie Lynne Burgess
- Sep 11, 2018
- 8 min
Stories from Literary Sojourn 2018
I woke up after midnight, when John was just coming in from his celestial observations. “It’s today,” I told him, muffled by sleep. ...
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Jamie Lynne Burgess
- Jul 4, 2018
- 8 min
Thoughts & Reflections from the May Alcott Conference
Nearly every presenter said with enthusiasm, “I’m so grateful to present this to people who already know what I’m talking about!” It was...
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Jamie Lynne Burgess
- May 22, 2018
- 7 min
Let Pickled Limes Lie: A Review of Masterpiece's Little Women
Bronson Alcott notoriously didn't translate well onto the page. In life, he was lauded as charming, a conversationalist that could hold...
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Jamie Burgess
- Apr 10, 2016
- 4 min
The Best Writing Tips from AWP 2016
15,000 writers gathered at the Los Angeles Convention Center last weekend, sporting their quirky outfits and thick glasses and carrying...
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