Published in 1972
47 pages
Patti Smith is a writer, performer, and visual artist. She gained recognition in the 1970s for her revolutionary merging of poetry and rock. She has released twelve albums, including Horses, which has been hailed as one of the top one hundred albums of all time by Rolling Stone.
Smith had her first exhibit of drawings at the Gotham Book Mart in 1973 and has been represented by the Robert Miller Gallery since 1978. Her books include Just Kids, winner of the National Book Award in 2010, Wītt, Babel, Woolgathering, The Coral Sea, and Auguries of Innocence.
In 2005, the French Ministry of Culture awarded Smith the title of Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, the highest honor given to an artist by the French Republic. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
Smith married the musician Fred Sonic Smith in Detroit in 1980. They had a son, Jackson, and a daughter, Jesse. Smith resides in New York City.
What is this book about?
1972 collection of poems from the Godmother of Punk and the author of the National Book Award winner Just Kids.
Includes:
Seventh Heaven
Sally
Jeanne Darc
Renee Falconetti
A Fire of Unknown Origin
Edie Sedgwick
Crystal
Marianne Faithfull
Girl Trouble
Cocaine
Judith
Fantasy
Marilyn Miller
Mary Jane
Amelia Earhart I
Amelia Earhart II
Linda
Death by Water
Celine
Dog Dream
Female
Longing
