In the Spring 2024 episode of the Gen X Taste podcast, Christy Meyers and I have a very special guest,
!!! (The poet, not the dame!)
Maggie Smith is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books of poetry and prose, including You Could Make This Place Beautiful, Good Bones, Goldenrod, Lamp of the Body, The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison, and Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change. Her newest book is My Thoughts Have Wings, a picture book for children, illustrated by Leanne Hatch. Smith’s poems and essays have appeared in the New York Times, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, TIME, The Nation, The Atlantic, and The Best American Poetry.
I first mentioned Maggie (and how we met) in My Favorite Reads of 2023 post. This was our first time talking IRL and I was thrilled to chat about everything from her writing process to the benefits of bangs. And of course…
This season’s topic: Movies from Our Childhood
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Show Notes:
Rideback Rise Circle rewrite class (and my own online writing course)
The Goonies, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Sixteen Candles, Better Off Dead, Ghostbusters, Twins, Junior, Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken
Stridex, Sea Breeze, Cover Girl Pressed Powder
The People I’ve Slept With aka the movie where Lynn had bangs
Actor Michael Earl Schoeffling
Maggie’s Website, IG and other links. Also, check out her Substack
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02: Childhood Movies with Maggie Smith