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In honor of the new semester, HPU Libraries has two new Reading Challenges. Complete either challenge, and you can enter your name into a drawing to win some free HPU merch!<\/p>\n

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Challenge One: The Tortured Poets Department Reading Challenge<\/h3>\n

\"2pj\"Taylor Swift\u2019s latest album The Tortured Poets Department<\/i> has shattered records across the Billboard charts. In addition to being the most pre-saved album in Spotify\u2019s history, it was also the most streamed album in a single day upon its release. It also boasts being the first album in Spotify\u2019s history to get to one billion streams in a week.<\/p>\n

Swift is known for her lyrics, which frequently include references to classic literature. On theme with the album\u2019s title, several songs reference famous poems and poets, including \u201cThe Albatross\u201d which refers to the bird in Samuel Taylor Coleridge\u2019s \u201cThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner<\/a>.\u201d There are also multiple references to poets Patti Smith<\/a> and Dylan Thomas, the latter of whose poem \u201cLove in the Asylum<\/a>\u201d fits in perfectly with the motif of madness tying Swift\u2019s album together.<\/p>\n

There are also direct references to The Secret Garden<\/i><\/a> by Frances Hodgson Burnett in the song \u201cI Hate it Here\u201d from the album\u2019s anthology. Swift sings, \u201cI hate it here so I will go to\/secret gardens in my mind\/People need a key to get to\/The only one is mine\/I read about it in a book when I was a precocious child.\u201d These lyrics tie together a through line of the album: Swift feeling overwhelmed by the many eyes on her at all times and her need to find an escape, whether in the form of a book, a man, or a trip to Florida.<\/p>\n

Collaborators on the album also contributed their own literary references. Florence Welch, of Florence and the Machine, stated that she drew on concepts from her favorite collection of short stories, Florida<\/i><\/a> by Lauren Groff, while helping Swift pen the lyrics of their song. \u201cWhen @TaylorSwift asked me to feature on \u2018Florida!!!\u2019 I immediately thought of one of my favourite short story collections by Lauren Groff. Full of ghosts and swamps and storms,\u201d Welch wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n

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Challenge Two: The Poetic Justice Reading Challenge<\/h3>\n

\"3pj\"Swift isn\u2019t the only poet on the Billboard charts. Kendrick Lamar is known for his unique lyricism and infusing his music with statements about political and social justice. Lamar\u2019s song \u201cThe Blacker the Berry\u201d takes its name from the book, The Blacker the Berry<\/i>, by Wallace Thurman. The song tackles issues of police brutality and racism while also contemplating Lamar\u2019s African heritage and pondering his place amongst it all.<\/p>\n

Lamar is known by his fans for his elusive personal life.\u00a0 Andreas Hale, a contributor for Medium, writes, \u201cIn an era when success doesn\u2019t exist unless you post the futile fruits of your labor on social media, Kendrick Lamar\u2019s has mastered the complexities of the disappearing act.\u201d Lamar\u2019s fans have taken note of this and between his evasiveness and many pointed lyrics in his 2015 album To Pimp a Butterfly<\/i>, a strong association has formed between the singer and the protagonist of Ralph Ellison\u2019s novel Invisible Man<\/i>.<\/p>\n

In addition to referencing Ellison\u2019s Invisible Man<\/i>, Lamar\u2019s 2015 song \u201cKing Kunta\u201d references Alex Haley\u2019s Novel Roots<\/i><\/a>, the story of an enslaved man from Africa and his descendants in the United States. The song also draws allusions to Chinua Achebe\u2019s novel Things Fall Apart<\/i> <\/a>which depicts pre-colonial life in Nigeria and examines the impacts on the community following the arrival of European missionaries to the region.<\/p>\n

Between the two poets, Swift and Lamar provide commentary on an array of social and emotional issues and draw from a variety of classic literature, providing a collection of literature to suit every taste and experience.<\/p>\n

-Blog post by Kelly Jones, Wanek Center & Health Sciences Librarian<\/strong><\/p>\n

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