Maggie Smith was at Kenyon this week as a fellow for the Kenyon Review Writer's Workshop. Just a day before she arrived on campus, something extraordinary happened: Her poem, "Good Bones," went viral worldwide in the wake of the twin tragedies of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando and the murder of British MP Jo Cox. KR's Andy Grace talked to Smith on June 29th about her work becoming known worldwide in a matter of days and the impact it's had on her normal, suburban Ohio life.

32. Maggie Smith Goes Viral

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32. Maggie Smith Goes Viral

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