Swift is back with her 12th album — a delicious, and at times scandalous, collection of mellow-pop hits. Here’s a breakdown of each of the album’s 12 tracks.

As a youth, I loved high fantasy: expansive worldbuilding, epic storylines, and difficult-to-pronounce imaginary names. Tamora Pierce’s books whet my palate early on, and I tore through series after ...

The upcoming Harry Potter TV series has the potential to restore the books' subtle chiastic structure, a device that repeats concepts in reverse.