I’m Maggie Smith.

I write & help others write.

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Welcome

I’m a poet, writer, editor, and teacher. I’ve published several books of poetry and prose, including Good Bones (you might know the title poem) and two recent bestsellers, Keep Moving and GoldenrodMy next book, a memoir, You Could Make This Place Beautiful, will be out in April 2023. (Wow, that’s soon! Preordering is a literary good deed; preordering from your favorite indie bookstore is a double good deed.)

My poems and essays have appeared in the New York TimesThe New Yorkerthe Guardian, the Paris Review, Tin House, the Washington Post, and The Best American Poetry. When I’m not writing, teaching in an MFA Program, or editing books for other poets, I’m usually hanging out with my two favorite human beings: my daughter and son. We live in the Columbus, Ohio, area. Yes, it’s my hometown.

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“Good Bones” | Poem by Maggie Smith | Film by Anais La Rocca

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11 Apr

In conversation with Leslie Jamison

Books Are Magic

Brooklyn,

NY

12 Apr

In conversation with Mary Laura Philpott

Parnassus Books

Nashville,

TN

13 Apr

In conversation with Kate Baer

Politics and Prose

Washington,

DC

14 Apr

In conversation with Irina Reyn

White Whale Bookstore

Pittsburgh,

PA

15 Apr

In conversation with Jeannine Ouellette

Magers & Quinn at Modernwell

Minneapolis,

MN

17 Apr

In conversation with Saeed Jones

Gramercy Books

Columbus,

OH

19 Apr

At Home with Literati: Jennifer Michael Hecht & Maggie Smith

21 Apr

In conversation with Erika Meitner

Boswell Books Company

Milwaukee,

WI

22 Apr

In conversation with Megan Stielstra

Women & Children First

Chicago,

IL

23 Apr

In Conversation with Traci Brimhall

Rainy Day Books

Kansas City,

MO

26 Apr

Virtual Conversation with Elissa Altman

Barrett Bookstore and Main Street Books

28 Apr

In conversation with Jennifer Pastiloff

Vroman's Bookstore

Pasadena,

CA

29 Apr

In conversation with Ingrid Rojas Contreras

Book Passage Corte Madera

Corte Madera,

CA

8 May

In conversation with Laurie Kincer – Cleveland

Cuyahoga County Public Library / Mac’s Backs Books on Coventry

Beachwood,

OH