Poet Maggie Smith explores body and mind in her new collection

About this episode

Maggie Smith discusses her new poetry collection, exploring themes of time and emotional depth.

Maggie Smith is best known for her poem Good Bones, which went viral in 2020. Her new collection, A Suit or a Suitcase, is an emotional, mind-opening study on the relentlessness of time.

People in this episode

Host: KMUW

Guest: Maggie Smith

Topics covered

• poetry
• emotional exploration
• time
• body and mind
• Maggie Smith

Keywords

• Maggie Smith
• Good Bones
• A Suit or a Suitcase
• poetry
• emotional study

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Good Bones, A Suit or a Suitcase

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