One week after President Donald Trump won the 2024 election, poet and memoirist Maggie Smith sent a text to her close friend, fellow poet and memoirist Saeed Jones.
One week after President Donald Trump won the 2024 election, poet and memoirist Maggie Smith sent a text to her close friend, fellow poet and memoirist Saeed Jones.
While half the country was celebrating Trump’s triumph, her mind was reeling, contemplating the effects a Trump presidency could potentially have on issues she and Jones care about: trans people, immigrants, the National Endowment for the Arts, public media, racial equality, climate change.
