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Meet Author and Poet Maggie Smith

2023-05-08 19:00:00 2023-05-08 20:00:00 America/New_York Meet Author and Poet Maggie Smith Join us when author and poet Maggie Smith visits to discuss her latest memoir, <i>You Could Make This Place Beautiful</i>. Beachwood Branch - Beachwood Meeting Room (Auditorium) (84)

Monday, May 08
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-05-08 19:00:00 2023-05-08 20:00:00 America/New_York Meet Author and Poet Maggie Smith Join us when author and poet Maggie Smith visits to discuss her latest memoir, <i>You Could Make This Place Beautiful</i>. Beachwood Branch - Beachwood Meeting Room (Auditorium) (84)

Beachwood Branch

Beachwood Meeting Room (Auditorium) (84)

Join us when author and poet Maggie Smith visits to discuss her latest memoir, You Could Make This Place Beautiful.

About the author:

Maggie Smith is the award-winning author of You Could Make This Place BeautifulGood BonesThe Well Speaks of Its Own PoisonLamp of the Body, and the national bestsellers Goldenrod and Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change. A 2011 recipient of a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, Smith has also received several Individual Excellence Awards from the Ohio Arts Council, two Academy of American Poets Prizes, a Pushcart Prize, and fellowships from the Sustainable Arts Foundation and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She has been widely published, appearing in The New York TimesThe New YorkerThe Paris ReviewThe Best American Poetry, and more. 

In her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed commitment to herself in lyrical vignettes that shine, hard and clear as jewels. The book begins with one woman’s personal, particular heartbreak, but its circles widen into a reckoning with contemporary womanhood, traditional gender roles, and the power dynamics that persist even in many progressive homes. With the spirit of self-inquiry and empathy she’s known for, Smith interweaves snapshots of a life with meditations on secrets, anger, forgiveness, and narrative itself. The power of these pieces is cumulative: page after page, they build into a larger interrogation of family, work, and patriarchy.

Registration for this event is FREE. VIP tickets are also available for purchase.

Each VIP ticket ($30) includes:

  • A copy of You Could Make This Place Beautiful
  • VIP seating at the event
  • Signing line priority
  • A donation to the Cuyahoga County Public Library Foundation

    CLICK HERE to purchase VIP tickets


Additional books will be available for purchase at the event courtesy of Mac's Backs - Books on Coventry.

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Beachwood Branch

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Phone: 216-831-6868
Fax: 216-831-0412
Branch manager
Amia Wheatley

Hours
We're closed Monday May 29 due to Library CLOSED in observance of Memorial Day
Mon, May 29 Closed
(Library CLOSED in observance of Memorial Day)
Tue, May 30 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Wed, May 31 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Jun 01 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Jun 02 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Sat, Jun 03 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Sun, Jun 04 1:00PM to 5:00PM

Upcoming events

Tue, May 30, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Beachwood Meeting Room (Auditorium) (84)
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Thu, Jun 01, 10:00am - 10:30am
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Thu, Jun 01, 11:00am - 11:30am
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Mon, Jun 05, 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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Tue, Jun 06, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
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Thu, Jun 08, 10:00am - 10:30am
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Thu, Jun 08, 11:00am - 11:30am
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Thu, Jun 08, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Beachwood Meeting Room (Auditorium) (84)
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Sat, Jun 10, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Beachwood Meeting Room (Auditorium) (84)
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Mon, Jun 12, 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Storytime Room
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Tue, Jun 13, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Beachwood Meeting Room (Auditorium) (84)
Drop in for reading, art, science, technology, engineering and math challenges. No registration required. Mini Comics presented in partnership with the Maltz Museum.

Tue, Jun 13, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Beachwood Meeting Room (Auditorium) (84)
Please join us for a discussion of "The Light Pirate" by Lily Brooks-Dalton.

Wed, Jun 14, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Beachwood Meeting Room (Auditorium) (84)
Outdoor enthusiasts: Hear exciting tales of inspiration and adventure in the great outdoors.

Thu, Jun 15, 10:00am - 10:30am
Storytime Room
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Thu, Jun 15, 11:00am - 11:30am
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Thu, Jun 15, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Beachwood Meeting Room (Auditorium) (84)
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Thu, Jun 15, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Beachwood Meeting Room (Auditorium) (84)
Join us for stories and songs celebrating the history of Pride Month, presented in partnership with the CWRU LGBT Center.

Fri, Jun 16, 10:00am - 11:00am
Beachwood Meeting Room (Auditorium) (84)
Art historian Felicia Zavarella Stadelman presents her series on the lives and works of beloved artists.

Sun, Jun 18, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Beachwood Meeting Room (Auditorium) (84)
With Debbie Darling and David Strieter.

Mon, Jun 19, 9:30am - 4:30pm
Call us at 216.749.9420 to make an appointment with one of our Digital Navigators at a CCPL branch.

Mon, Jun 19, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Beachwood Meeting Room (Auditorium) (84)
Join us at the Beachwood branch for knitting and informal chats about what everyone is reading.

Mon, Jun 19, 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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Tue, Jun 20, 11:00am - 7:00pm
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Tue, Jun 20, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Beachwood Meeting Room (Auditorium) (84)
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Tue, Jun 20, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Beachwood Meeting Room (Auditorium) (84)
Join us when author Fiona Davis visits to discuss her new novel, The Spectacular.

Wed, Jun 21, 9:30am - 4:30pm
Call us at 216.749.9420 to make an appointment with one of our Digital Navigators at a CCPL branch.

Wed, Jun 21, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Beachwood Meeting Room (Auditorium) (84)
Monthly book discussion led by library staff.

Wed, Jun 21, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Thu, Jun 22, 10:00am - 10:30am
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Thu, Jun 22, 11:00am - 11:30am
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Thu, Jun 22, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Beachwood Meeting Room (Auditorium) (84)
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Mon, Jun 26, 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Storytime Room
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Tue, Jun 27, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Beachwood Meeting Room (Auditorium) (84)
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