We are thrilled to welcome award-winning Ohio poet and memoirist Maggie Smith on Tuesday, October 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the Chandelier Community Event Center as part of the annual Christopher D. English Foundation Speakers series.

Maggie Smith is the author of six award-winning books: You Could Make This Place Beautiful, Lamp of the Body, The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison, and Good Bones, named by the Washington Post as one of the Five Best Poetry Books of 2017, Keep Moving, and Goldenrod. The title poem of Good Bones was called the “Official Poem of 2016” by Public Radio International and has been translated into nearly a dozen languages. Smith’s poems have appeared in the New York Times, Tin House, The Believer, The Paris Review, Kenyon Review, Best American Poetry, and on the CBS primetime drama Madam Secretary. A Pushcart Prize winner, Smith has received fellowships and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Academy of American Poets, the Ohio Arts Council, and the Sustainable Arts Foundation.

Copies of Maggie Smith’s award-winning books are available at the Library. Books will be available for purchase at the event on October 10, and a Q & A session and book signing will follow the authors presentation. The event is free and open to the public.

In honor of the event, the Library has curated a special collection of creative writing examples from Tiffin and Seneca County taken from the Ohio Digital Library and can be found in the glass display cases in the Library. Additionally, two special events including a poetry workshop and community art presentation will take place as part of the series.

The Christopher D. English Foundation Speakers series is named in memory of former library trustee Christopher D. English and strives to bring a world-class author, artist, or culture-shaper to Tiffin each fall, providing an educational and entertaining public discussion for the community to think about, discuss, and—perhaps—act upon. Past speakers have included New York Times Bestselling true crime writer Abbott Kahler, renowned journalist and author Sam Quinones, and Pulitzer Prize finalist and LA Times columnist Steve Lopez, among others. The series is made possible through generous funding by the Tiffin-Seneca Library Foundation and the many donors who have contributed to the Foundation over the years. Please call 419-447-3751 for more information.

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