Book Tour Announcement

On the road again with A Suit or a Suitcase

Hi, Friend.

It feels like a strange time to be talking about a new book of poems. I’m heartsick. I’m angry. But in harrowing times, I also think we could use more poetry and more time in community. I’m craving both right now, so I’m grateful for the opportunity to visit a handful of cities this spring with A Suit or a Suitcase.

It’s always surprising and moving when we can get into a room together, isn’t it? We leave those rooms a little different than when we entered them.

My last collection, Goldenrod, came out in 2021 (how was that five years ago?!), and the tour was virtual because of the pandemic. So this will be extra special, because it’s my first in-person poetry book tour. I’m sharing my schedule with For Dear Life subscribers before I share it on social media or my website, so you’re seeing this first. Thank you so much for your continued support of me and my work. It means more than I can say.

Below you can see the cities, venues, conversation partners, and indie bookstores, and the links for all events are under the graphic, so you can grab tickets.

"The poems in A Suit or A Suitcase point us to larger considerations of the divine. Maggie Smith writes a poetry of profound belonging….
This is a book to return to again and again. Why? One day we will find ourselves
near a river and there will be Maggie proclaiming every version of who we are."
—Major Jackson, author of Razzle Dazzle

March 23 | 7PM
St. Ann’s Church (Brooklyn, NY) with Books Are Magic
in conversation with Amber Tamblyn
MORE INFO & TICKETS HERE

March 24 | 7PM
Queermunity (Minneapolis, MN) with Magers & Quinn Booksellers
in conversation with Michael Bazzett
MORE INFO & TICKETS HERE

March 25 | 6:30PM
The Island School (Bainbridge Island, WA) with Eagle Harbor Books
in conversation with Erin Malone
MORE INFO & TICKETS HERE

March 26 | 6:30PM
Literary Arts (Portland, OR)
exciting update: in conversation with Joy Sullivan
MORE INFO & TICKETS HERE

March 27 | 6PM
Tattered Cover Book Store (Denver, CO)
exciting update: in conversation with Nicky Beer
MORE INFO & TICKETS HERE

April 2 | 7PM
The Drexel Theatre (Bexley, OH) with Gramercy Books
in conversation with Marcus Jackson
MORE INFO & TICKETS HERE

“These poems help me live. A Suit or a Suitcase explores intricate metaphysical subjects,
the nature and interrelationships between the body, the mind, the soul, the self, mortality,
and time, with a broad, companionable generosity.…. Smith’s is a poetry of grace.”
—Diane Seuss, Pulitzer Prize winning author of frank: sonnets and Modern Poetry

Enormous gratitude to everyone who is making these evenings possible: to the poets who are being so generous with their time, and to the indie bookstores and venues who are hosting us.

If I’m coming to your neck of the woods, I’d love to see you. These terrific indie bookstores would be grateful for your support, too. Spring will be here before we know it!

Take good care—
Maggie