{"product_id":"goldenrod-poems-9781982185060","title":"Goldenrod: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"To read Maggie Smith is to embrace the achi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003engly precious beauty of the present moment.\" --\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A captivating collection from a wise, accessible poet.\" --\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning poet and bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou Could Make This Place Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKeep Moving, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGood Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e a stunning poetry collection that celebrates the beauty and messiness of life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith her breakout bestseller \u003ci\u003eKeep Moving\u003c\/i\u003e, Maggie Smith captured the nation with her \"meditations on kindness and hope\" (NPR). Now, with \u003ci\u003eGoldenrod\u003c\/i\u003e, the award-winning poet returns with a powerful collection of poems that look at parenthood, solitude, love, and memory. Pulling objects from everyday life--a hallway mirror, a rock found in her son's pocket, a field of goldenrods at the side of the road--she reveals the magic of the present moment. Only Maggie Smith could turn an autocorrect mistake into a line of poetry, musing that her phone \"doesn't observe \/ the high holidays, autocorrecting \/ \u003ci\u003eshana tova\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eshaman tobacco\u003c\/i\u003e, \/ Rosh Hashanah to \u003ci\u003erose has hands\u003c\/i\u003e.\"​ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e called Smith's \"superpower as a writer\" her \"ability to find the perfect concrete metaphor for inchoate human emotions and explore it with empathy and honesty.\" The poems in \u003ci\u003eGoldenrod\u003c\/i\u003e celebrate the contours of daily life, explore and delight in the space between thought and experience, and remind us that we decide what is beautiful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maggie Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria\/One Signal Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/27\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.38h x 5.78w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982185060","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44148356218925,"sku":"9781982185060","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_9b0e16ca-1a77-4c1f-a9dc-84936da38fcf.jpg?v=1757221769","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/goldenrod-poems-9781982185060","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}