I had the little seed of an idea that we might not always be traveling in the same direction. As it turns out sometimes the choices we make in our 20s don't hold in our 40s. And I think honestly that's okay. We are often not able to see foreshadowing when it's just an inch from our own noses. You know one or two little cracks and I can hang a piece of art over it. But once those tiny cracks meet another tiny crack from another area of the wall and it splits that's when I have to call the contractors.
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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