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Smith, Maggie, 1977-
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Smith, Maggie, 1977- -- Divorce.
Women poets, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
Divorced women -- United States -- Biography.
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Smith, Maggie, 1977-
Smith, Maggie, 1977- -- Divorce.
Women poets, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
Divorced women -- United States -- Biography.
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You could make this place beautiful : a memoir /
Maggie
Smith
.
by
Smith
,
Maggie
,
1977-
One Signal Publishers/Atria, 2023.
Call #:
921 S655y
Subjects
Smith
,
Maggie
,
1977-
--
Divorce
.
Women poets, American
--
21st century
--
Biography.
Divorced women
--
United States
--
Biography.
ISBN:
9781982185855 (hc.)
Edition:
1st One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover ed.
Description:
313 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"
Maggie
Smith
is a 2011 recipient of a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts,
Smith
has also received several Individual Excellence Awards from the Ohio Arts Council, two Academy of American Poets Prizes, a Pushcart Prize, and fellowships from the Sustainable Arts Foundation and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She has been widely published, appearing in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The Best American Poetry, and more."
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"In her memoir 'You Could Make This Place Beautiful,' poet
Maggie
Smith
explores the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed commitment to herself in lyrical vignettes that shine, hard and clear as jewels. The book begins with one woman’s personal, particular heartbreak, but its circles widen into a reckoning with contemporary womanhood, traditional gender roles, and the power dynamics that persist even in many progressive homes. With the spirit of self-inquiry and empathy she’s known for,
Smith
interweaves snapshots of a life with meditations on secrets, anger, forgiveness, and narrative itself. The power of these pieces is cumulative: page after page, they build into a larger interrogation of family, work, and patriarchy. (...)"--From publisher.
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Autobiographies.
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6
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