Maggie Smith is a poet living and working in Bexley, Ohio. In 2016 Maggie's poem "Good Bones" became a viral hit—it's since been translated into nearly a dozen languages and was named by PRI as "the official poem of 2016." That poem is now the title poem of her latest collection, a book that I found deeply moving. I was pleased to talk with Maggie about her new book and her writing process. Then for the second segment we talked about the idea of place, and raising our kids in a different century from the one we grew up in.

(Conversation recorded August 2, 2017.)

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Show Notes:

• Maggie Smith
• Maggie Smith - Good Bones
• Maggie Smith - Upcoming Events and Tour Dates
• Katherine Fahey - "Francis Whitmore's Wife" Official Video
• Keep the Channel Open - Episode 39: Becky Senf
• Sally Mann - Hold Still
• 2017 Manchester Arena bombing
• 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting
• Downton Abbey
• Keep the Channel Open - Episode 27: Lindsay Hatton
• Poetry Foundation - Stanley Plumly
• Kaveh Akbar - Calling a Wolf a Wolf
• Kaveh Akbar - "Soot"
• Review Good Bones on Amazon
• Review Good Bones on Goodreads