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First Draft - Maggie Smith

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

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100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write

The author says she found it difficult to get back into writing after having kids. She was inspired by mothers who were still writing and particularly writing poems. "Seeing the ways that they were still being so sharp and rigorous, And strange in their excavation of these seemingly mundane moments"

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