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Maggie Smith: Writing in a Way that is Brave, Real, and True
"Bestselling poet Maggie Smith has a gift for embracing the complexity of our
human experience and for writing about it with piercing intensity, clarity, and
beauty. In this podcast, Tami Simon speaks with Maggie about her approach to her
craft and to life, and how writing can serve as a pathway to self-discovery and
release. Featuring a reading of the beloved poem "Good Bones," this insightful
episode of Insights at the Edge explores metaphor and life in sensory
experience; poetic memoir; Maggie's "drill-down" exercise; entering the
territory of our pain; balancing a creative life and domestic responsibilities;
the notion of "containing multitudes"; being an integrated, whole person;
intuition and the deep knowing of what is brave, real, and true; sitting with
the splinters (instead of sanding them down); allowing full wingspan for both
individuals in a relationship; endurance versus closure; forgiveness versus
acceptance; taking a bird's-eye view of our experiences; making life more
beautiful for everyone; and more."
