The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison by Maggie Smith

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In 2016 her poem ' Good Bones' went viral internationally and has been translated into nearly a dozen languages. Smith's poems and essays are widely published and anthologized, appearing in Best American Poetry, the New York Times, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Ploughshares, the Washington Post, the Guardian and elsewhere. Her latest collection of poems, Goldenrod, was released in July 2021. Smith is the author of Good Bones, The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison, Lamp of the Body and the national bestseller Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change. Arkansas International issues, subscriptions and merchandise will also be available for purchase.

Copies will be readily available for purchase from Two Friends Books. The reading, presented in conjunction with the Fayetteville Public Library TrueLit Festival, will feature award-winning poet and bestselling author of Keep Moving, Good Bones and many others, Maggie Smith, who will discuss and read from her new collection Goldenrod. The Arkansas International and the U of A Program in Creative Writing & Translation are proud to present the Spring 2022 Walton Distinguished Reader at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 14, at the Fayetteville Public Library Events Center.

The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison by Maggie Smith