Patti Smith
Smith's Just Kids is one of the most poetic and moving memoirs about artistic apprenticeship and friendship in American letters, documenting her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe in 1970s New York. M Train is her meditation on memory and solitude.
Works
- Just KidsMemoir of Patti Smith's youth and artistic partnership with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe
- M TrainLyrical meditation on traveling to places meaningful to Smith's life and artistic influences
- WoolgatheringBrief poetry and prose collection from early in Smith's career as emerging rock artist
- Witt
- Year of the MonkeyMemoir of Smith's travels through Asia during a transformative year of personal seeking