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You could make this place beautiful a memoir

"Life, like a poem, is a series of choices." In her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed commitment to herself in lyrical vignettes that shine, hard and clear as jewels. The book begins with one woman's personal, pa...

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Main Author: Smith, Maggie, 1977- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : One Signal Publishers/Atria, 2023.
Edition:First One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover edition.
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Smith, Maggie, > 1977- > Divorce.
Divorced women > United States > Biography.
Women poets, American > 21st century > Biography.
Divorce.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in women.
Autobiographies.
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Summary:"Life, like a poem, is a series of choices." In her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed commitment to herself in lyrical vignettes that shine, hard and clear as jewels. The book begins with one woman's personal, particular heartbreak, but its circles widen into a reckoning with contemporary womanhood, traditional gender roles, and the power dynamics that persist even in many progressive homes. With the spirit of self-inquiry and empathy she's known for, Smith interweaves snapshots of a life with meditations on secrets, anger, forgiveness, and narrative itself. The power of these pieces is cumulative: page after page, they build into a larger interrogation of family, work, and patriarchy. You Could Make This Place Beautiful, like the work of Deborah Levy, Rachel Cusk, and Gina Frangello, is an unflinching look at what it means to live and write our own lives. It is a story about a mother's fierce and constant love for her children, and a woman's love and regard for herself. Above all, this memoir is an argument for possibility. With a poet's attention to language and an innovative approach to the genre, Smith reveals how, in the aftermath of loss, we can discover our power and make something new. Something beautiful.--Amazon
Physical Description:313 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:9781982185855
1982185856
Author Notes:Maggie Smith is the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of nine books of poetry and prose, including A Suit or a Suitcase , You Could Make This Place Beautiful , Good Bones , Goldenrod , Keep Moving , and My Thoughts Have Wings. She has been widely published, appearing in The New Yorker , The Paris Review , The Nation, The New York Times , The Atlantic , The Best American Poetry , and more. She is the host of The Slowdown . You can find her on social media @MaggieSmithPoet.

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