Patti Smith

Patti Smith

4 Series

Patti Smith is a musician, writer, and performance artist who gained prominence in the 1970s for her influential role in the punk rock movement. She is renowned for her innovative fusion of poetry and rock music, earning her the title "the punk poet laureate."

In "M Train," Patti Smith crafts a memoir that seamlessly blends dreams with reality, exploring the fluidity of past and present. The narrative serves as a personal reflection on the art of writing and the essence of artistic creation. Smith delves into her passions for travel, detective shows, literature, and coffee, presenting them through her unique lens. She describes the book as a “roadmap to my life,” encapsulating its deeply personal and evocative nature. Both powerful and moving, "M Train" offers readers an intimate journey through Smith's life and mind.

Poetry Collections

Seventh Heaven

(1972)

Witt

(1973)

Ha! Ha! Houdini

(1977)

Babel

(1978)

Woolgathering

(1992)

The Coral Sea

(1996)

Auguries of Innocence

(2005)

A Season in Hell & The Drunken Boat

(2011)(With: Arthur Rimbaud)

Patti Smith Collected Lyrics, 1970-2015

(2015)

Non-Fiction

Early Work, 1970-1979

(1994)

Patti Smith Complete Lyrics, Reflections & Notes for the Future

(1998)

Strange Messenger

(2003)

Trois

(2008)

Just Kids

(2010)

M Train

(2015)

David Lynch: Someone is in My House

(2019)(With: David Lynch,Stijn Huijts,Kristine McKenna,Petra Giloy-Hirtz)

Year of the Monkey

(2019)

A Book of Days

(2022)

Why I Write

Devotion

(2017)

Inadvertent

(2018)(By: Karl Ove Knausgård)

For Now

(2020)(By: Eileen Myles)

The House of Being

(2024)(By: Natasha Trethewey)

What Nails It

(2024)(By: Greil Marcus)

Anthologies

Robert Bresson

(1999)

Pen America: A Journal for Writers and Readers: 13 Lovers

(2009)

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