Clio Doyle

Writer, podcaster, and academic. My book, From the Vault: Studies in Taylor Swift and English Literature, will be published by Hutchinson Heinemann in 2026.

[Kasia Madera @KasiaMadera]

'There's great depth in Swift's lyrics ... she's a contemporary writer who's reaching huge numbers of people who are deeply invested in her work,' Dr @clio_doyle from @QMULsed at @QMUL tells me about studying #TaylorSwift. More in her book to be published by @HutchHeinemann

[The Independent @Independent]

Academic studies of the merits of Taylor Swift’s lyrics are not the Mickey Mouse courses you might think they are, argues Dr Clio Doyle – and disagreeing with her just proves her point https://t.co/ADKIARjQOC

[Clio Doyle @clio_doyle]

I enjoyed writing this piece for the Independent on why I study Swift as literature (though I didn't pick the title they went with!)

https://t.co/8aIxKc7qyd

[Clio Doyle @clio_doyle]

I'm giving a Seed Talk on Taylor Swift later this month! Sign up for tickets here:
https://t.co/2OKZ7qzou8

[Dazed @Dazed]

Is The Tortured Poets Department actually poetry? Experts weigh in https://t.co/3Vybqp0wWr

[The Christian Science Monitor @csmonitor]

Taylor Swift’s new album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” will be released on April 19. In advance, we asked poets what they think of the pop star’s wordsmithing. https://t.co/6BFehHNX3l

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

Reframing internet ephemera as a text in the classroom. Teaching @taylorswift13 as literature required @QMUL’s @clio_doyle and her students to engage with online media as analytical text. On #THECampus, she offers advice on interpreting TikTok and its ilk
https://t.co/osVBZwWx7k

[Clio Doyle @clio_doyle]

I wrote a piece for THE Campus on reframing internet ephemera as texts in the literature classroom.
https://t.co/TnuwfN6gJw

[Clio Doyle @clio_doyle]

New post on a Shakespearean allusion in Taylor Swift’s recent album announcement.
“The black ink becomes, not songs pouring directly from her veins, but a relationship to the canon of English Literature, an awareness of its past.”
https://t.co/kd91nrePgA

[Clio Doyle @clio_doyle]

My first newsletter is out! Read it and subscribe at https://t.co/2NkKBlXZbZ.

[Clio Doyle @clio_doyle]

I've started a newsletter to share my own close readings of Taylor Swift songs, the best writing on Swift and literature that I come across while researching my book, and my experience teaching classes on Swift. See the latest posts and subscribe at https://t.co/2NkKBlXZbZ.