For my Taylor Swift seminar in spring 2024, I made a tie-dye T-shirt with her name and the course number. For my Emily Dickinson seminar in fall 2024, I made one with "I'm Nobody!" on the front and "Who are You?" on the back. This spring, for my Finnegans Wake Reading Group, I made one with "Here Comes Everybody" on the front and "meanderthalltale" on the back. For my Elizabeth Bishop seminar this fall, I've designed another tie-dye: "rainbow, rainbow, rainbow!" on the front and "Cold dark deep and absolutely clear" on the back. Now I just need to come up with one for my Virginia Woolf seminar this fall, too. (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 27 July 2025)

Literary tie-dyes from Taylor Swift and Emily Dickinson to James Joyce and Elizabeth Bishop