Welcome to 111 Words, by Andrew Shields

Taylor Swift’s ambition in “Tim McGraw"

Taylor Swift’s “Tim McGraw” and conventional rhetoric

My forthcoming seminar on three novels by Kazuo Ishiguro

Preparing for Taylor Swift’s Zurich concert in July by teaching a literature seminar on her lyrics

John McWhorter’s misreading of the pressure that led to Harvard political scientist Claudine Gay’s resignation as president of Harvard University

Workplace harassment as comedy in “Brooklyn Nine-Nine"