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A poet’s take on ‘The Tortured Poet’s Department’

Praise has been given to Taylor Swift's new album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ by one of I...

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18.00 25 Apr 2024


A poet’s take on ‘The Tortured Poet’s Department’


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18.00 25 Apr 2024


Praise has been given to Taylor Swift's new album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ by one of Ireland’s most renowned poets.  

Speaking in the Telegraph, Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Muldoon compared Taylor’s use of humour to that of her namesake Jonathan Swift. 

Paul Muldoon, legendary Irish poet, joins Kieran to discuss the album and the relationship poetry has with music.


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