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

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

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

“Jesus died for somebody’s sins but not mine,” Smith sang on Saturday over the slow piano chords of keyboardist Tony Shanahan ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Bread of Angels recounts her relationship with husband ...

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

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 ...

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 ...