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Otherppl with Brad Listi

A Pep Talk for Writers, with Maggie Smith

May 1, 2025
01:18:08

A new Craftwork conversation with Maggie Smith, bestselling author of Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life, available from Washington Square Press.

Smith's other books includeYou Could Make This Place BeautifulGood BonesGoldenrod, Keep Moving, and My Thoughts Have Wings. A 2011 recipient of a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, Smith has also received a Pushcart Prize, and numerous grants and awards from the Academy of American Poets, the Sustainable Arts Foundation, the Ohio Arts Council, the Greater Columbus Arts Council, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She has been widely published, appearing in The New YorkerThe Paris ReviewThe Nation, The New York TimesThe AtlanticThe Best American Poetry, and more. You can follow her on social media @MaggieSmithPoet.

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