![]() ![]() Smith combines these elements with other narrative gimmicks, such as addresses directly to the “Reader,” single quotes from other writers floating on a page, italicized sections, and a few of her own poems. Here, there are 12 chapters titled “A FRIEND SAYS EVERY BOOK BEGINS WITH AN UNANSWERABLE QUESTION,” suggesting a dozen different possible responses, and there are four chapters titled “THE MATERIAL,” which ask whether this book can be of any value to others. ![]() Both Crane and Smith employ the popular technique of using many short sections with long, ironic, and/or repeating titles. Formally, it has much in common with This Story Will Change, Elizabeth Crane's recent book on the same topic. Then came Keep Moving: The Journal, and now, this memoir tracking Smith’s attempt to heal herself. Unfortunately, “my marriage was never the same after that poem.” The author first charted her response to the pain of her husband's infidelity in a series of Twitter posts that became a well-received book called Keep Moving. The title of this book is the last line of Smith’s 2015 poem “Good Bones,” which went viral. The noted poet digs further into life after divorce. ![]()
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