Patti Smith tapped into her 'child self' to write new memoir: 'She's still here'

Patti Smith talks about 'Bread of Angels,' her latest book. Smith wrote the book over a 10-year period, chronicling her childhood to now.

Review: 50 years after ‘Horses,’ Patti Smith continues to galvanize as an activist and performer

The indomitable punk poet — who was born in Chicago and briefly lived in Logan Square when she was young — dedicated “People ...

Patti Smith’s New Memoir ‘Bread of Angels’ Is Out Now: Here’s Where to Buy It Online

Patti Smith’s latest memoir is a must-read for music fans, especially after the gut-punch that was her 2010 work titled Just Kids. sombr? 'More Like angr!' See How Nikki Glaser Gets the Pop Star Mad ...

Patti Smith on the One Desire That Lasts Forever

“Just Kids” is a memoir of Smith’s early years in New York and her relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe. They ...

50 Years of Patti Smith’s ‘Horses’

In 1975, she transformed poetry into punk. Neither would ever be the same. More than 20 artists who made and admired the ...
The Stranger

Patti Smith's Voice Was Stronger Than Ever Last Night at the Paramount

If you were wondering what the poem meant, I have no idea,” Patti Smith offered, after reading Rimbaud’s “Genie” on Monday ...

Horses at 50: three reasons why Patti Smith still cuts to the bone

November 10, 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of Patti Smith’s album, Horses. I feel honoured to reflect on this work, but also a tremendous amount of pressure to capture what it is for the people who ...
New York Daily News

Patti Smith reveals in new memoir how she learned who her biological father was

Punk rock pioneer Patti Smith didn’t know who her biological father was until getting an assist from the daughter she put up for adoption decades earlier, she reveals in her new memoir, out Tuesday.
Daily Mail

Patti Smith recalls discovering shocking truth about biological father in new candid memoir

Patti Smith got candid about the moment she discovered the truth about her biological father. The 78-year-old singer - who rose to fame in the 70s with her debut album Horses - opened up about the ...
BBC

Patti Smith: Queen of cool's love letter to the people who've shaped her

Dua Lipa admires her writing. Taylor Swift referenced her in her track The Tortured Poets Department, singing: "You're not Dylan Thomas, I'm not Patti Smith". Fifty years after Smith released her ...
WUNC

'Fresh Air' marks the 50th anniversary of Patti Smith's landmark album, 'Horses'

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli. Patti Smith is now considered one of the wise women of rock 'n' roll, an eloquent chronicler of her life in music and in a series of acclaimed memoirs. But 50 ...
WUNC

Intimate and intriguing, Patti Smith's memoir offers new revelations

The publication date Patti Smith chose for her latest memoir, Bread of Angels, is not just happenstance: Nov. 4 is the day her husband Fred "Sonic" Smith died (in 1994), and the birthday of her ...