Episode 117: Maggie Smith

Keep the Channel Open

Maggie Smith is a poet and essayist based in Bexley, Ohio. Maggie’s new book Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change was born out of a difficult life change; it both discusses and is an example of resilience and hope in the face of an unknown future. In our conversation, we talked about the book’s origins in a series of social media notes-to-self, about becoming an essayist after having been a poet for so long, and about finding agency through language. Then for the second segment, we talked about community and connection via social media.

(Conversation recorded September 10, 2020.)

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Show Notes:

• Maggie Smith
• Maggie Smith - Keep Moving
• Literati Books - At Home With Literati - Maggie Smith & Molly Spencer (October 8, 2020)
• Books Are Magic - Maggie Smith: Keep Moving w/ Rebecca Soffer (October 14, 2020)
• Gramercy Books - A Virtual Conversation about Resilience: Maggie Smith and Saeed Jones (October 15, 2020)
• Maggie Smith - Upcoming Events
• Keep the Channel Open - Episode 49: Maggie Smith
• Maggie Smith - Good Bones
• Maggie Smith - “At Your Age I Wore a Darkness”
• Maggie Smith - “Tracking the Demise of My Marriage on Google Maps” (NYT Modern Love)
• Sabrina Orah Mark - “Happily” (The Paris Review)
• Angel Olsen - Whole New Mess
• Tove Jansson - The True Deceiver (upcoming KTCO Book Club pick)

Transcript Episode Credits

• Editing/Mixing: Mike Sakasegawa
• Music: Podington Bear
• Transcription: Shea Aguinaldo