Ann Tashi Slater talked with poet and writer Maggie Smith about finding possibility in periods of upheaval, and the freedom of having your life implode. Smith is the best-selling author of poetry collections, including GOOD BONES, and a memoir, YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL; her latest book, DEAR WRITER: PEP TALKS & PRACTICAL ADVICE FOR THE CREATIVE LIFE, explores creativity on the page and in life. https://tricycle.org/article/on-not-knowing-and-making-this-place-beautiful/?utm_campaign=00662834&utm_source=p3s4h3r3s

TRAVELING IN BARDO: THE ART OF LIVING IN AN IMPERMANENT WORLD (Hachette, Sept. 9) has been selected as a September 2025 “Must Read” by the Next Big Idea Club, a nonfiction book club curated by Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Daniel Pink.