Fagan is a fellow poet and a co-founder of Ohio State University’s MFA in creative writing program, of which Smith is an alumna. “I knew Maggie was a gifted poet among the many in our MFA program at ...

Poet Maggie Smith’s memoir "You Could Make This Place Beautiful" created a lot of buzz and made bestseller lists. Author Ann Patchett called it "extraordinary." And NPR's Mary Louise Kelly says ...

I’d thought of myself as a poet only for many years, and I’ve had to set that limiting belief aside, to unlearn it, in order to write other kinds of books without feeling like an interloper in ...

I want this for you, too. Red pen time. Maggie Smith is a poet, writer, editor and teacher. She has published several books of poetry and prose, including "Good Bones" and two recent bestsellers ...

Maggie Smith: “I think the things that are essential ... They picture a painter alone in a studio or you, the poet, alone at her desk. But you believe that creativity helps us build community ...

Poet Maggie Smith is back with her eighth book — this time focused on writers and the act of creativity. Smith, a New York Times bestselling author whose poem “Good Bones” garnered her a ...

A New York Times best-selling writer, teacher, Columbus-area native and single mother, Maggie Smith is well known for her award-winning books, collections and works including “Good Bones” and ...