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‘A Book of Days’ by Patti Smith

Book review: ‘A Book Of Days’ by Patti Smith

Words and images from an inspirational artist.

Published 13-Jun-2023
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Culture Tags: patti smith, photography, reviews
‘Year of the Monkey’ by Patti Smith

Book review: ‘Year of the Monkey’ by Patti Smith

Further quirky memoirs.

Published 10-Nov-2019
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir Tags: patti smith, reviews

Book review: ‘Devotion’ by Patti Smith

Why she writes. Devotion is a short book in three parts: Part one describes Smith going about her writing process. To someone like me who tends to plan things out and write top-down, her writing technique seems spontaneous, haphazard, and bizarre. But as anyone who has read her previous book, M-Train will know, it’s a… Continue reading Book review: ‘Devotion’ by Patti Smith

Published 15-Nov-2017
Filed under: Uncategorised Tags: patti smith
‘M Train’ by Patti Smith

Book review: ‘M Train’ by Patti Smith

A fascinating exercise in ‘writing about nothing’.

Published 11-Nov-2015
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Sebaldian Tags: patti smith
‘Just Kids’ by Patti Smith

Book review: ‘Just Kids’ by Patti Smith

Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe and their lives together.

Published 06-Dec-2013
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Culture Tags: patti smith, reviews

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On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk
“…wonderfully droll, witty and entertaining… At their best Carter’s moorland walks and his meandering intellectual talk are part of a single, deeply coherent enterprise: a restless inquiry into the meaning of place and the nature of self.”
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