Poetry and Poets – Page 16

Maggie Smith Tries to Make the Divorce Memoir Beautiful

Her new book, “You Could Make This Place Beautiful,” is an exploration of what happened to her marriage after she became a well-known poet.

By Sarah Lyall

Rita Dove taught Safiya Sinclair that “it’s OK to say a thing plainly.”

By Jess Cole

Joy Harjo’s work is rooted in the Native community, a respect that’s shared by the poet and writer Layli Long Soldier.

By Constance C.R. White

The singer-songwriter reveals herself in a memoir that captures her adventures with charming rogues, puzzled music executives and her own demons.

By Penelope Green