Maggie Smith Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Maggie Smith

@Joseph_Fasano_ 💗🙏 What the Living Do by Marie Howe is the first that came to my mind. A grief poem, but also a self-cherishing poem. https://t.co/KC6ofbrzHv

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And HOLY WOW, poetry readers, you are going to want to get your hands on Trey Moody’s Autoblivion, his second prizewinning collection of poems. Just trust me on this one…Every time I read them they catch me by surprise.

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🚨Book rec!🚨 I picked up The Hero of This Book by @elizmccracken last night—which I’ve been itching to read since its release—and WHOA. I just finished it & can’t wait to read it again. My poor copy is dogeared to hell now. If you haven’t read this novel yet, remedy that.

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I love Jean Valentine’s poems. Thanks to Kaveh for reading this one last night. https://t.co/5U8PKUoOQg

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Nikki Giovanni was the first poet I met in person. She signed a copy of her selected poems for me... It was 1996, and I was a freshman in college, reading poems and trying to write them, and I spent so much time with hers... Rest in power, poet. Thank you.

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I muttered to myself—yes! this exactly! so fucking smart!—and dogeared, underlined, and starred passages through this whole brilliant book.

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@PBW_Poet @RubenQuesada If not mostly/all, then a decent %: Wilder, Claire Wahmanholm / A New Language for Falling Out of Love, Meghan Privitello / The World Doesn't End, Charles Simic / The Captain Lands in Paradise, Sarah Manguso / Bitter Angel, Amy Gerstler

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The truths this writer arrives at, both in the poem and in the life, are not neat, reductive or easy — but the book is reassuring nonetheless. Dare I say it, this book feels fatherly. I trust it. It’s brilliant yet plain-spoken, rooted in experience, wholehearted and wise.

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Ohio friends: If you’re in the North Canton area, come say hello later! I’ll be at the library 6-7pm tonight for a free reading, & if you’d like a book signed for yourself or someone you love, books will be sold, too. Or byob(ook)! Ahem Mother’s Day is just around the corner….

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@PBW_Poet @RubenQuesada If not mostly/all, then a decent %: Wilder, Claire Wahmanholm / A New Language for Falling Out of Love, Meghan Privitello / The World Doesn't End, Charles Simic / The Captain Lands in Paradise, Sarah Manguso / Bitter Angel, Amy Gerstler