Poems of Resistance in the New York Times

Maggie Smith’s poem “Small Shoes” was featured in the New York Times, alongside poems of resistance by Jane Hirshfield, Javier Zamora, Alex Dimitrov, and Fatimah Asghar. “Small Shoes” was originally published in The Rise Up Review.

Meryl Streep Reads “Good Bones”

Meryl Streep read Maggie Smith’s poem “Good Bones” at the Academy of American Poets’  fifteenth annual Poetry & the Creative Mind gala reading at Lincoln Center on April 19, 2017.

BBC’s Boston Calling

Listen to an episode of the BBC’s Boston Calling featuring an interview with Maggie Smith and a reading of “Good Bones” (which PRI called “the official poem of 2016“). It was later replayed for the BBC World Service.

The Best American Poetry

Natasha Trethewey, guest editor of The Best American Poetry 2017, has selected Maggie Smith’s “Good Bones,” originally published in Waxwing Literary Journal, for inclusion in the anthology. The Best American Poetry 2017 will be published by Scribner in cloth and...