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

But this is Patti Smith, so nothing will be conventional or usual, at least within the narrow scope of the definitions of ...

What a magnificent night of live music, centered on the 1975 debut that is regularly — and rightfully — considered to be one ...

From cradle to late life, the godmother of punk remembers it all — including, especially, her life with the late Fred “Sonic” Smith. By David Hajdu David Hajdu is a critic, a songwriter and a ...

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.

“Bread of Angels,” Patti Smith’s mesmerizing new memoir, only deepens the mystery of who this iconic artist is and where her singular vision originated. I’ve long been struck by her magnetism on stage ...

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

Sat, November 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM UTC Smith appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night, where she discussed the book. She told the host, “Truthfully, I had a dream that the book came in ...

In May of 1975, Patti Smith, the "godmother of punk," traveled to the Elm City to perform for the first time. Though rather than a traditional rock show, Smith is returning to New Haven next January ...

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 ...