I don't dislike the poem at all. It's not like all one thing for me, You know? I think when maybe from the outside, someone has a poem go viral and they have more opportunities and people know who they are. And so there's the sort of like trickiness of navigating the demands of my time at home. The other thing about the poem is it's a little tricky for me to have my readership grow every time something bad happens in the world. Like I wish that it was a poem that was read when babies were born and people got married or retired. Even if it's bad things, it's like also you want it to work. You can make
Relationships are hard. When do you know it’s time to marry? When do you know it’s time to break up? We get inside those questions with Kara, Nayeema and our guest today: Maggie Smith. The poet’s viral 2016 poem “Good Bones” was accompanied by professional success, and cracks in her personal life. Smith talks about that fallout, documented in her new memoir “This Place Could be Beautiful” – and whether life is more beautiful on the other side.
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