Maggie Smith's Reading List

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By the Book: Maggie Smith (2025)

NYT By the Book column (2025-03-27).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Modern Poetry

Diane Seuss · Buy on Amazon

The Stream of Life

Clarice Lispector · Buy on Amazon

""The Stream of Life," which is one of my favorite books."

When My Brother Was an Aztec

Natalie Diaz · Buy on Amazon

"I recommended "When My Brother Was an Aztec," by Natalie Diaz, to my teenage daughter, who asked me about Native poets. I then bought her a copy of her own, so I could keep mine to myself."

One Day I'll Grow Up and Be a Beautiful Woman

Abi Maxwell · Buy on Amazon

"It also made me cry and laugh. I read the galley and promptly gave it to a neighbor who has a trans child."

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