Keep Moving: The Journal - by Maggie Smith (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Based on the national bestseller Keep Moving--called "a meditation on kindness and hope" (NPR)--a 52-exercise journal about hope and renewal from the award-winning poet and author of You Could Make This Place Beautiful.

As Maggie Smith navigated loss and upheaval, she wrote to herself each day--forgiving herself for a past mistake, reflecting on moments of joy, or looking towards the future, ending each note-to-self with the phrase "keep moving."

In her own words, "I wasn't offering wisdom from on high; I was talking to myself at the bottom of a dark well, trying to climb up into the light, little by little, day by day." Smith was surprised not only by how uplifting this process was, but also by the outpouring of support and gratitude from thousands of people who found solace in her words.

Through the healing power of writing, Keep Moving: The Journal invites us to find beauty in the present moment, embrace change, and create a life we love.

Review Quotes

"A physical reminder to never give up, regardless of the obstacles life hands [us]."
--Popsugar

About the Author

Maggie Smith is the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of eight books of poetry and prose, including You Could Make This Place Beautiful, Good Bones, Goldenrod, Keep Moving, and My Thoughts Have Wings. A 2011 recipient of a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, Smith has also received a Pushcart Prize, and numerous grants and awards from the Academy of American Poets, the Sustainable Arts Foundation, the Ohio Arts Council, the Greater Columbus Arts Council, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She has been widely published, appearing in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The Nation, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Best American Poetry, and more. You can follow her on social media @MaggieSmithPoet.