Part One: The early years

Twelve-year-old performs at 76ers game / Jeremy Carroll

A review of Taylor Swift / Rick Bell

20 questions with Taylor Swift / CMT.com

My music, MySpace, my life / Jon Caramanica

Prodigy : the rise of Taylor Swift / Sasha Frere-Jones

A review of Fearless / Robert Christgau

Taylor Swift : growing into superstardom / George Hatza

The unabridged Taylor Swift / Austin Scaggs

The very pink, very perfect life of Taylor Swift / Vanessa Grigoriadis

The Tao of Tay / Taylor Swift

Part Two: Crossover

A review of Speak Now / Rob Sheffield

Princess crossover / Chris Willman

A review of Speak Now / Robert Christgau

You belong with me / Lizzie Widdicombe

A review of Red / Robert Christgau

If you listen closely, Taylor Swift is kind of like Leonard Cohen / Brad Nelson

Taylor Swift in wonderland / Brian Hiatt

Just kidding, love sucks / Tavi Gevinson

Platinum underdog / Jody Rosen

Taylor Swift : girl detective / Larissa Zageris and Kitty Curran

Part Three : 1989 and beyond

To apple, love Taylor / Taylor Swift

A review of 1989 / Robert Christgau

Taylor Swift: "Sexy? Not on my radar" / Hermione Hoby

A review of 1989 / Robert Christgau

Taylor Swift : a Socratic dialogue / Jared Smith

A reasonable conversation about Taylor Swift's new album, which is the best album ever / Jane Hu and Jen Vafidis

"Anything that connects": a conversation with Taylor Swift / Melissa Block

On the road with best friends Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss / Jada Yuan

No blank space, baby: Taylor Swift is the soul of Ryan Adams / Ann Powers

Taylor Swift on "Bad Blood", Kanye West, and how people interpret her lyrics / Chuck Klosterman

I'm sorry, Taylor Swift / Maggie Shipstead

Taylor Swift as you've never seen her before / Jason Gay.