"Each photograph is like a diary entry of my life." —Patti Smith
In this small, luminous memoir, the National Book Award-winner Patti Smith revisits the most sacred experiences of her early years, with truths so vivid they border on the surreal.
Many consider Patti Smith the godmother of punk. That label, however, is inaccurate. Although she possessed the energy and irreverence that would later mark the punk generation, she was inspired...
... 49, 50 Bringing It All Back Home, 130 Brody, Bruce, 167 Brooklyn, N.Y., 48-53 Brooks, Freddie, 187, 236, 244, 248, 257, 260-61,265, 266,285-86 Brown, Andreas, 92 Brown, Glyn, 280 Brownsville Station, 186 Bruce, Lenny, 93, 138 Buell, ...
Original to this book are vintage photographs: anniversary pearls, a mother’s keychain, and a husband’s Mosrite guitar.
After all, it’s the Year of the Monkey.” But as Smith heads toward a new decade in her own life, she offers this balm to the reader: her wisdom, wit, gimlet eye, and above all, a rugged hope for a better world.
Just Kids begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. Beautifully written, this is a profound portrait of two young artists, often hungry, sated only by art and experience.
In France, a gravestone, a televised figure-skating competition, a meal, and a garden all converge in what becomes Devotion, [a] ... fairy tale about a young, displaced Estonian skater and a solitary dealer in rare objects and arms.
HORSES Gloria (In Excelsis Deo) Redondo Beach Birdland Free Money Kimberly Fire of Unknown Origin Break It Up Land Elegie RADIO ETHIOPIA Ask the Angels Ain't It Strange Poppies Pissing in a River Pumping (My Heart) Distant Fingers Chiklets ...
Patti Smith Memoir
Her interview archive serves as a compelling counternarrative to the albums and books. Initially, interviewing Patti Smith was a censorship liability.